Search for dissertations about: "homosocial"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word homosocial.
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1. The power of character : Middle-class masculinities, 1800–1900
Abstract : This is a study of continuity and change in middle-class conceptions of ideal manhood. My theoretical cues are the notions of the male as an unproblematised and genderless norm, masculinity as homosocial, and George L. Mosse’s use of countertypes. Notions of passions, youth, and character were important throughout the century. READ MORE
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2. Men in Politics : Revisiting Patterns of Gendered Parliamentary Representation in Thailand and Beyond
Abstract : Male parliamentary dominance, rather than the corresponding female parliamentary underrepresentation, is the object of study in this thesis. This shift in focus implies a gendered analysis centered on men and men’s practices. READ MORE
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3. Measuring the Unobservable: Selecting Which Managers for Higher Hierarchical Levels
Abstract : Recruitment and selection of managers is to a large degree characterized by information uncertainty. Managers’ performance is difficult to evaluate, as their responsibility consists of so many different aspects, as they may not always be observed due to need for freedom of action and as their work is affected by factors in their environment, which are outside of their control. READ MORE
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4. Think’st thou to seduce me then? Impersonating female personas in songs by Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
Abstract : This dissertation is in the field of Artistic Research in Music Interpretation. It is a study of songs with female personas written by Thomas Campion, investigated through performance practice and a critical reading of historical research carried out on the English Renaissance. READ MORE
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5. Suburbia Rewritten : Masculinity and Affect in Contemporary American Literature
Abstract : Suburbia has made a powerful return in American literature of the past two decades. This renaissance of suburban fictional narrative bears the signum of alienated, anxious, and resentful white middle-class men in gray flannel suits that has remained since the formative postwar period of the 1950s and 1960s. READ MORE