Sökning: "narratives of modernity"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 45 avhandlingar innehållade orden narratives of modernity.

  1. 16. In Search of Caravans Lost . Iranian Intellectuals and Nationalist Discourse in the Inter-War Years

    Författare :Rouzbeh Parsi; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Europe; historical sociology; discourse theory; modernity; Iran; education; gender; Koselleck; secularism; journals; intellectuals; Foucault; nationalism; conceptual history; Skinner; Rüsen;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the characteristics of Iranian nationalist discourse between the World Wars. By looking at texts of intellectuals, men and women, published in three journals (Iranshahr, Name-ye Farangestan, and Ayandeh) in the 1920s this study maps the content of nationalist discourse and to what extent this discourse allows for dissonance. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Konsten att lyckas som par : Populärterapeutiska berättelser, individualisering och kön

    Författare :Sara Eldén; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; couple relationships; gender equality; gender inequality; feminism; household work; popular therapy; therapeutic culture; experts; individualization; late modernity; cultural narratives; collective narratives; private-public; media images; self-help books; TV programs; Internet;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis, the expanding discourse of popular therapeutic culture on and for heterosexual couples is analysed. Three case studies have been carried out; self-help books for couples, TV programs with relationship-focus, and web discussion boards connected to the TV programs. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Travelling objects : modernity and materiality in British Colonial travel literature about Africa

    Författare :Nicklas Hållen; Heidi Hansson; Stefan Helgesson; Tim Youngs; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; travel literature; Africa; modernity; materiality; material objects; things; commodity form; commodity culture; postcolonialism; Homi Bhabha; museums; exhibitions; colonialism; geography; space; trade; ethnography; the book; ambivalence; subject-object relations; fetishism; John Speke; Verney Cameron; Henry Stanley; Mary Kingsley; Ewart Grogan; Constance Larymore; Mary Hall; English language; Engelska språket; Literature; litteraturvetenskap; English literature; Comparative literature; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the functions of objects in a selection of British colonial travel accounts about Africa. The works discussed were published between 1863 and 1908 and include travelogues by John Hanning Speke, Verney Lovett Cameron, Henry Morton Stanley, Mary Henrietta Kingsley, Ewart Scott Grogan, Mary Hall and Constance Larymore. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Fattigdomens besvärjelser : visionära ideal och vardagliga realiteter i socialt arbete

    Författare :Karin Salomonsson; Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; doing the discoursing ; Cultural anthropology; Gender-performances; the State; Social welfare; Modernity; Cultural meanings; History as narrative; Professional identity; Cultural construction; Social work; etnologi; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; Space Place;

    Sammanfattning : The theme of this dissertation is how changing claims as to what is proper and true social work have been formulated and staged in the twentieth century. From the perspective of cultural analysis I seek to discuss how social work has been formed and changed over a century. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Piety, Intimacy and Mobility : A Case Study of Charismatic Christianity in Present-day Stockholm

    Författare :Jessica Moberg; Tuija Hovi; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Charismatic Christianity; Pentecostalism; habituation; learning religion; mobility; ritualization; ritual appropriation; religious consumption; commodification; materiality; embodiment; narrative; late modernity; globalization; inward turn; subjective turn; authenticity; intimacy; prayer; worship; music; testimony; urban religion; religious eclecticism; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Charismatic Christianity; Pentecostalism; habituation; learning religion; mobility; ritualization; ; ritual appropriation; religious consumption; commodification; materiality; embodiment; narrative; late modernity; globalization; inward turn; subjective turn; authenticity; intimacy; prayer; worship; music; testimony; urban religion; religious eclecticism.;

    Sammanfattning : Stockholm County is a post-industrial Swedish region characterized by high levels of mobility and technologization as well as ethnic and religious diversity. Among its religious minorities exist various strands of charismatic Christianity, some of which originate from the Pentecostal revival of the early 20th century and some of which belong to more recent movements. LÄS MER