Sökning: "narratives of modernity"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 45 avhandlingar innehållade orden narratives of modernity.
11. Den svenske mannens gränsland : Manlighet, nation och modernitet i Sven Lidmans Silfverstååhlsvit
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the nationalistic imaginary in the novels of Sven Lidman, published 1910–1913. The novels hold forth a conservative point-of-view that embraces the bourgeois ideal of masculinity and the idea of the healthy, Swedish rural way of life as opposed to the destructive metropolis. LÄS MER
12. Christianity, Generation and Narrative : Religious Conversion and Change in Sidama, Ethiopia, 1974–2012
Sammanfattning : This study presents narratives concerning religious conversion and change in Evangelical-Pentecostal Christian communities in the Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia. The study is based on narrative data collected through field research, which mainly focuses on the period 1974–2012. LÄS MER
13. Islamisk predikan på ljudkassett : en studie i retorik och fonogramologi
Sammanfattning : The dissertation deals with Islamic preaching in theory and practice, with special focus on material recorded and published in the format of audiotapes/cassettes. One aim is to explore possible implications of the use of this special format of publication in the context of Islamic preaching. LÄS MER
14. School journeys : ideas and practices of new education in Portugal (1890-1960)
Sammanfattning : In this dissertation I examine school journeys in secondary education in Portugal between 1890 and 1960, focusing on State regulation, educational ideas and school practice. By bringing together the various parts of a broader discourse on a way of thinking and making schooling, I look at how this active method was regulated, argued and reportedly undertaken with a twofold aim: to expand the knowledge on the history of school journeys, and to contribute to the research on the ideas and practices of educational modernity. LÄS MER
15. Det städade folkhemmet : Tyskfödda hembiträden i efterkrigstidens Sverige
Sammanfattning : Efter andra världskriget kom ett stort antal tyska kvinnor till Sverige för att arbeta. Trots en stigande arbetskraftsbrist under efterkrigstiden blev utomnordiska kvinnor anvisade till hembiträdesarbete under två år innan de kunde söka andra arbeten. LÄS MER