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1. 11. The Female Reader at the Round Table : Religion and Women in Three Contemporary Arthurian Texts

   Författare :Kristina Hildebrand; Elizabeth Sklar; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; religion; women; gender; Marion Zimmer Bradley; Mary Stewart; Stephen R. Lawhead; reader response; feminism; Arthurian; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : Stretching back at least a thousand years, Arthurian literature constitutes a vigorous and varied genre that attracts scholarly attention. In a close reading of three modern Arthurian texts, Mary Stewart’s Merlin trilogy, The Crystal Cave (1970), The Hollow Hills (1973), The Last Enchantment (1979), Marion Bradley’s The Mists of Avalon (1982), and Stephen Lawhead’s Pendragon Cycle, Taliesin (1987), Merlin (1988), Arthur (1989), Pendragon (1994), and Grail (1997), this study focuses on the intersection between two of the genre’s motifs: religion and gender. LÄS MER

3. 12. Kvinnor mot krig : aktioner och nätverk för fred 1914–1940

   Författare :Irene Andersson; Historia; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sociologi; Sociology; women´s civil rights; civil defence; gas warfare; The Epoch Tidevarvet ; socialdemocratic women; Elin Wägner; peace movement; women´s movement; Collective actions; network; Contemporary history circa 1800 to 1914 ; Modern historia ca. 1800-1914 ;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to investigate how and why women established peace actions during World War I and the period between the wars. I have examined how women were mobilized, how the actions were carried out, what kind of opposition was awakened, and what happened afterwards. LÄS MER

4. 13. Neither Here - Nor There : An Anthropological Study of Gujarati Hindu Women in the diaspora

   Författare :Elizabeth Åsa Hole; Hugh Beach; Eleanor Nesbitt; Frank Korom; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Anthropology; Diaspora; Gujaratis; Uganda Asians; Hinduism; Women; Agency; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi;

   Sammanfattning : During the 1950s, a wave of migrants left India to find work in the West. Many never returned, but instead settled in the West. There were also many Asians who left to live in East African countries. In the beginning of the 1970s, Idi Amin decided to finalise the Africanisation of Uganda. LÄS MER

5. 14. Assessment of dietary intake in young populations using new approaches and technologies

   Författare :Åsa Svensson; Christel Larsson; Lauren Lissner; Hilde Brekke; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dietary intake; energy; assessment; validity; reproducibility; children; adolescents; women; pregnant; overweight; technology; Kostvetenskap; Food and Nutrition;

   Sammanfattning : AbstractBackground There is a great need for improved dietary assessment methods that give valid intake data and are more user friendly than traditional methods.Objectives The aim of this thesis was to develop, implement, and evaluate dietary assessment methods using new approaches and technologies in young populations, and to investigate variables that are important for reporting accuracy. LÄS MER

7. 15. Three Realities : Women in different phases of drug abuse - a social psychological investigation

   Författare :Marie Bergström; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; Applied and experimental psychology; social psychology; personality; drug addiction; Tillämpad och experimentell psykologi; women; DMTm;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to systematically examine the social, cultural and psychological situation of a group of women with drug addiction, and to gain an understanding of it. Different theoretical perspectives were utilized in efforts to understand and explain why some young women start using drugs. LÄS MER