Search for dissertations about: "Biography"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 swedish dissertations containing the word Biography.
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1. Defining moments : a cultural biography of Jane Eyre
Abstract : This thesis examines the ways in which various practices, such as novel-writing, publishing, book-reviewing, reading for pleasure, adaptation and studying English literature, have produced Jane Eyre’s complex cultural profile. The organizing principle of the study is Paul du Gay, Stuart Hall et al’s ‘circuit of culture’, which identifies five key processes or ‘moments’ as being productive of the meanings that a cultural artefact or text comes to possess. READ MORE
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2. Empire and identity. Biographies of Austrian identity in an age of imperial dissolution
Abstract : This study deals with the problem of Austrian identity in the late Habsburg empire. The investigation departs from an understanding of this problem as situated in the juncture between the historical Austrian imperial experience and the process of modern Austrian identity formation. READ MORE
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3. Spaces, mobilities and youth biographies in the New Sweden : Studies on education governance and social inclusion and exclusion
Abstract : The main theme of this thesis is the relation between education governance and social inclusion and exclusion. Overall the thesis is based on a life history approach were biographical interviews with young people are complemented with other contextual data such as survey data, longitudinal statistics, interviews with local politicians and school actors and local reports. READ MORE
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4. Materialisations of a Woman Writer : An Investigation of Gender Politics in Janet Frame's Biographical Legend
Abstract : This study deals with interpretative procedures in literary studies that implicitly or explicitly rely on biographical information. Most often, readings either presuppose the sovereignty of the author or claim that biographical data is not at all relevant. Both these stances are problematic. READ MORE
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5. Matthias Weckmann: the interpretation of his organ music
Abstract : The dissertation presents an interpretation of the complete organ works of Matthias Weckmann primarily for the performer and in the spirit of historically-informed performance practice. The process of creating this interpretation was documented in writings, recordings, concerts, and a new edition of the free organ works. READ MORE
