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6. Sports of culture : Writing the resistant subject in South Africa (readings of Ndebele, Gordimer, Coetzee)
Sammanfattning : This thesis interrogates the post-colonial and ethical implications of three works of fiction published in South Africa between 1983 and 1987, namely Fools and Other Stories by Njabulo S. Ndebele, A Sport of Nature by Nadine Gordimer and Life & Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee. LÄS MER
7. Att ge den andra sidan röst : Rapportboken i Sverige 1960-1980
Sammanfattning : This dissertation concerns what is known as the report book in Sweden between 1960 and 1980. The study aims to examine the report book as a genre and to determine whether the texts that questioned dominant social structures can also be said to contain elements that work to uphold those structures. LÄS MER
8. Between the Highway and the Red Dirt Track : Subaltern Urbanization and Census Towns in India
Sammanfattning : In the 2011 census of India, more than 2500 settlements have been newly inducted into the category of ‘census towns’ – the lowest size-class of urban settlements in India. This is a staggering figure in light of the observation that a comparable number constituted the total number of all urban settlements recorded since 1900. LÄS MER
9. El retorno del rostro : Narrativas postnacionales y escrituras precarias en tiempos de la globalización
Sammanfattning : Globalization in the past decades has been considered a new phase of integrated global economy, with increased cultural interactions and loss of nation-state sovereignty. In recent years, critics and citizens have raised concern towards a neoliberal system that sustains inequality and growing uncertainty. LÄS MER
10. Cuts and Continuities: Caste-subaltern imaginations of the Bengal famine of 1943
Sammanfattning : The Bengal famine of 1943, in which nearly three million people died, was man-made. A multitude of factors led to the famine, including British colonial policies, war, hoarding and profiteering by local elites and businesses, and existing faultlines of caste, class and gender. LÄS MER