Search for dissertations about: "HIS"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1145 swedish dissertations containing the word HIS.
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1. His Name Immortal : Five Studies in the Sacred Music of Johann Baptist Wanhal
Abstract : This thesis comprises five studies of the sacred music of Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813), and his masses in particular. A review of the historical records reveals that his sacred music was highly regarded by those who knew it – without the caveats that were sometimes attached to his secular music – and that a number of details in his biography need to be revised, the most important of which concern the likely date of his move to Vienna and the consequences this has on the chronology of his early compositions. READ MORE
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2. Predictors of mental health in adolescents - with a salutogenic perspective
Abstract : Mental health in adolescence is an increasing public health concern. Over half of all mental disorders debut by 14 years of age and remain largely untreated up to adulthood, which underlines the importance of early detection. READ MORE
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3. A writer and his gods : a study of the importance of Yoruba myths and religious ideas to the writing of Wole Soyinka
Abstract : The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to examine how the anglophone Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka uses the myths of his people, the Yoruba, in his literary texts. The thesis consists of four parts: "Introduction", "Section I", "Section II", and "Conclusion". In the Introduction, I state my purpose and give an account of my sources. READ MORE
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4. Every Man His Own Monument : Self-Monumentalizing in Romantic Britain
Abstract : From framing private homes as museums, to sitting for life masks and appointing biographers, new forms of self-monumentalizing emerged in the early nineteenth century. In this study I investigate the emergence and configuration of such practices in Romantic Britain. READ MORE
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5. In his or her opinion? : the gender gap in attitudes toward the welfare state in Sweden and Europe
Abstract : Background This thesis explores differences in the attitudes that men and women hold toward the welfare state by investigating previously neglected areas concerning how attitudes differ between welfare states, as well as the role played by emotional and psychological attachment to a gender group. The studies analyze how gender differences in welfare state attitudes relate to social policies and prevailing gender relations, as well as to the process of social identification with a gender group. READ MORE
