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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 100 avhandlingar innehållade ordet myths.

1. 1. A World of Myths : World Literature and Storytelling in Canongate's Myths series

   Författare :Malin Nauwerck; Johan Professor; Paula Docent; Torbjörn Forslid; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sociology of Literature; World Literature; Book History; Publishing Studies; Sociology of Translation; Marketing; Storytelling; Book Trade; Metafiction; 21st Century; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses contemporary publishing within the global, literary system through the prism of the transnational publishing project the Myths series, initiated by Scottish publishing house Canongate Books in 2005. By combining the perspectives of world literature studies and sociology of literature, I explore the conception, development and communication around the Myths series (today published in forty countries) in relation firstly to the contemporary changes in the publishing industry, situated within a more general literary debate on globalisation and cultural diversity and secondly the rise of a social order epitomised under the umbrella term “new economy”, in which the practice of strategic communication or marketing storytelling has become increasingly common. LÄS MER

3. 2. The World of the Sumerian Mother Goddess : An Interpretation of Her Myths

   Författare :Therese Rodin; Eva Hellman; Mattias Gardell; Jakob Andersson; Britt-Mari Näsström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sumerian mother goddess; Mesopotamia; myth; Ninḫursaĝa; Ninmaḫ; Enki; kingship; midwifery; birth-giving; creation; death; sexual intercourse; gender; ideology; contextualization; History of Religions; Religionshistoria; Intercultural Studies;

   Sammanfattning : The present study is an interpretation of the two myths copied in the Old Babylonian period in which the Sumerian mother goddess is one of the main actors. The first myth is commonly called “Enki and Ninḫursaĝa”, and the second “Enki and Ninmaḫ”. The theoretical point of departure is that myths have society as their referents, i.e. LÄS MER

4. 3. Guldår & krisår : Svensk jazz under 1950- och 60-talen

   Författare :Jan Bruér; Holger Larsen; Olle Edström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jazz history; interviews; vocalists; folklore influences; accordionists; Big Bands; jazz literature; discographies; record companies; repertory; myths; media; drugs; venues; Music; Musikvetenskap; Musicology; musikvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the history of jazz in Sweden during two dynamic and critical decades, the 1950s and ’60s. My analysis also discusses methodological challenges that a (Swedish) jazz historian can face. LÄS MER

5. 4. Identity through the other : Canadian adventure romance for adolescents

   Författare :Clarence Larsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Adventure romance; quest for identity; unit of the monomyth; Canadian North; polarized worlds; myths; first and second-order system; psychological discourse; cultural critique; vicarious rite of passage; Hughes; Monica Hughes; Houston; James Houston; Markoosie; Kanadensisk barn- och ungdomslitteratur; Kanadensiska äventyrsromaner; historia;

   Sammanfattning : This study of Canadian adventure romance for adolescents seeks to demonstrate the cultural significance of the genre through close readings of James Houston's Frozen Fire and The White Archer, Monica Hughes's Hunter in the Dark and Ring-Rise, Ring-Set, as well as Markoosie's Harpoon of the Hunter. By means of a semiotic-structuralist approach I examine the texts as a signifying system conveying discourses that constitute a code of connection to the social context of contemporary young-adult readers. LÄS MER

7. 5. Mexican Mural Movement. Myths and Mythmakers

   Författare :Fernando Sampaio Amaro; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History and Arts; revolution; mexicanidad; Vasconcelos; Rivera; Historia och konstvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study of the Mexican Mural Movement is to analyze the myths it expressed and the myths it produced. The two main characters of my study are the minister José Vasconcelos and the painter Diego Rivera, because I believe these two personalities are indispensable for an understanding of the myths surrounding the Mexican Mural Movement. LÄS MER