Sökning: "lgbtq studies"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden lgbtq studies.
1. Queering Images of Russia in Sweden : Discursive hegemony and counter-hegemonic articulations 1991–2019
Sammanfattning : This study examines the role of non-normative sexuality in the construction of national images. It focuses on how non-normative sexuality affects and is affected by Swedish constructions of the image of Russia and, by extension, Sweden’s self-image. LÄS MER
2. Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking in Lesbian and Queer Relationships : Challenging Recognition
Sammanfattning : The topic of intimate partner violence (IPV) in lesbian and queer relationships continues to be under-researched in Sweden. This lack of knowledge and recognition can have severe consequences for the help-seeking of those who are not recognized as victims of IPV. LÄS MER
3. The Ambiguities of Recognition : Young Queer Sexualities in Contemporary India
Sammanfattning : What does recognition mean for people whose sexuality has for a long time been criminalised? Over the last years, the recognition of India’s queers has been the focus of numerous contestations as a result of the complex developments around Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises ‘carnal acts against the order of nature’. The Section had been partially repealed in 2009 by the Delhi High Court, only to be reinstated in full by the Supreme Court at the end of 2013. LÄS MER
4. The Right Kind of Queer: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Constructions of Swedishness
Sammanfattning : Recent years have seen an increased mobilisation of LGBT rights in nationalist projects of (non-)belonging. This thesis provides new insights into the role played by race, sexuality, and gender in these projects by examining contemporary constructions of Swedishness. LÄS MER
5. According to whose will : The entanglements of gender & religion in the lives of transgender Jews with an Orthodox background
Sammanfattning : This study, the first in its scope on transgender religiosity, is based on in-depth biographical interviews with 13 transgender participants with a Jewish Orthodox background (currently and formerly Orthodox). The primary aim of the study has been to elucidate the entanglements of gender and religion in three periods of the participants’ lives: pre-transition, transition and post-transition. LÄS MER