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  1. 6. Ett hållbart minne? Historiebruk kring Georg Carl von Döbeln 1848-2009

    Författare :Anders Dybelius; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Georg Carl von Döbeln; Johan Ludvig Runeberg; Use of history; culture of history; sybolic figure; educational culture; popular culture; commemorative culture;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the use of history in relation to General Georg Carl von Döbeln (1758–1820), a prominent Swedish commander in the “Finnish War” of 1808–1809. The empirical material is extensive and includes, among others, a dissertation, biographies, movies, newspapers and weekly journals, an opera, a radio play, novels, a students’ farce, theatre plays, video recordings from various commemorative events, and annuals. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Den rökande människan. : Bilden av tobaksbruk i Sverige mellan 1950- och 1990-tal

    Författare :Ulrika Torell; Roger Qvarsell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Smoking; Popular Culture; Sweden; 20th Century History; Risk; Health; Advertising; Tobaksrökning; Etnobotanik; Tobaksvanor; Sverige; 1950-2000; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the cultural representations of smoking in Swedish popular press, books of etiquette, advertisment, popular medicine publications, and the health education genre. The questions focus on how tobacco has been used to represent specific values, ideas and ideals in relation to social and cultural contexts, as well as to femininity, masculinity, social stratification, risk, and health. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Visuell kultur i barns vardagsliv : Bilder, medier och praktiker

    Författare :Anna Sparrman; Karin Aronsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; visual culture; media ethnography; chidlren; discursive practice; agency; subject positioning; identity; popular culture; förskolebarn; barnforskning; barnkultur; barn och massmedia; barn och bild; visuell kommunikation; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This study concerns visual culture in 64 children-s (6- to 8-year-olds) everyday practices at a Swedish after-school center. It draws on an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, ranging from visual culture to discourse analysis, exposing the complexity of visuality in children-s social interactions, when talking about TV-programs, mimicing Spice Girls videos, drawing caricatures or looking at picture books. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Culture Unbound: Americanization and Everyday Life in Sweden

    Författare :Thomas O'Dell; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethnology; Cultural anthropology; Sweden; Americanization; Culture; Modernity; Everyday Life; Transnational Cultural Processes; Globalization; Flow; Center Periphery; American Cars; Raggare; Counter-culture; Hippies; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This book investigates the significance processes of Americanization have had in shaping and influencing the form and content of everyday life in Sweden. However, rather than simply viewing Americanization as an irresistible homogenizing force, it is argued that to the extent that Swedish everyday life has been Americanized, it has been Americanized in a very Swedish way. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Unleashing Science Popularisation: Studies on Science as Popular Culture

    Författare :Andreas Gunnarsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; science popularisation; popular culture; public understanding of science; science and the media;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to broaden the concept of science popularisation. It argues that the conventional view of popularisation as the public communication of appropriately simplified versions of established facts to lay audiences fails to capture the multifaceted nature of popularisation practices through which science and popular culture are recombined. LÄS MER