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1. 21. Hustru och man i Birgittas uppenbarelser

   Författare :Nina Sjöberg; Ruth Franzén; Tore Nyberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church history; Birgitta; marriage; gender; sexuality; medieval church; revelations; sin; parenthood; Kyrkohistoria; Church studies; Kyrkovetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : St. Birgitta of Sweden has left to us almost 700 revelations, influenced by theology in her time and the world she lived in. This dissertation examines what these revelations can tell us about husband and wife in the fourteenth century. It examines different fields of married life and the male and female roles in them. LÄS MER

3. 22. A Black Utopia? Social Stratification in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Sierra Leone

   Författare :Stefania Galli; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Stratification; Institutions; Ideals; Colonialism; Africa; Sierra Leone; West Africa; Slave trade; Egalitarianism; Settler colony; Inequality; Wealth; Marriage; Socio-economic status;

   Sammanfattning : In the present dissertation, social stratification in colonial Sierra Leone is discussed, with the aim of providing novel evidence on the association between ideals, institutions and inequality. The case study of Sierra Leone is valuable for it allows to examine social stratification in an alleged egalitarian context. LÄS MER

4. 23. Kyrka och kön – om könskonstruktioner i Svenska kyrkan 1945-1985

   Författare :Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of the Christian church; church; feminist perspectives; power; tradition; modernity; man; woman; marriage; sexuality; Sex; gender; Kristna kyrkans historia; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to analyse how sex and gender have been constructed within the context of the Swedish Lutheran Church 1954-1985. The studied texts mainly consist of Christian pastoral work primarily dealing with sexuality and marriage. LÄS MER

5. 24. Violence, power, and justice : A feminist contribution to Christian sexual ethics

   Författare :Sólveig Anna Bóasdóttir; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; male battering; male violence against women; intimate relationship; marriage; asymmetry of power; social construction of sexuality; sexual ethics; Christian sexual ethics in intimate relationships; feminist theories; feminist ethics: social contract theories; human nature; women s oppression; women s experiences; social control; equality; justice; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Etik; Ethics;

   Sammanfattning : This study discusses how male battering of women can be understood through due attention to contemporary psychological and sociological interpretations and concludes that a critical feminist perspective offers the most adequate explanation of the problem. Feminist theories on the function of male violence in patriarchal societies coupled with theories on power and the social construction of sexuality as well as feminist theories about the institution of heterosexual marriage are then discussed; the result is a serious critique of marriage as an institution which is not safe with regard to women, reproducing and reaffirming as it does the patriarchal power relations of the sexes. LÄS MER

7. 25. Beyond a Second Demographic Transition? Fertility and family dynamics in Iceland

   Författare :Ari Klængur Jónsson; Gunnar Andersson; Gerda Neyer; Daniele Vignoli; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family demography; Fertility; Family formation; Cohabitation; Nonmarital childbearing; Marriage; Marital dissolution; Iceland; Demography; demografi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis serves to bring Iceland into the realm of Nordic family-demographic and fertility research. Based on event-history techniques applied to Iceland longitudinal register data, I provide an overview of contemporary family-demographic trends during the last few decades. The thesis consists of four empirical studies. LÄS MER