Search for dissertations about: "hybrid identity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words hybrid identity.
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1. Diasporic Narratives of Sexuality : Identity Formation among Iranian- Swedish Women
Abstract : This thesis deals with the sexuality of Iranian women living in Sweden. Considering sexuality as gendered and socio-culturally constructed, I examine the impact of Iranian Islamic discourses, contemporary socialization and migration on women’s narrations of sexuality. READ MORE
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2. Beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism : Identity constructions in Arab and Western news media
Abstract : This study examines how the media construct the identities of the Other by creating various ‘us’ versus ‘them’ positions (Othering) when covering non-violence-based intercultural conflicts in Arab and Western news media. Othering in this study is understood as an umbrella concept that in general terms refers to the discursive process of constructing and positioning the Self and the Other into separate identities of an ‘us’ and a ‘them. READ MORE
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3. Political comedy engagement : Genre work, political identity and cultural citizenship
Abstract : Political comedy is a hybrid genre that mixes political news and analysis with comedy and entertainment. As it becomes more and more popular in most media forms and national contexts, researchers struggle to understand its role in relation to other types of political media, and of citizenship; in this sense, it challenges scholarly conceptualisation of political media and citizenship. READ MORE
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4. Speciation - What Can be Learned from a Flycatcher Hybrid Zone?
Abstract : Studies of hybrid zones offer important insights into the process of speciation. Much of the knowledge to be gained is dependent on an accurate estimation of the strength of pre- and post-zygotic isolation between hybridizing taxa. My results demonstrate that hybridization can variously affect different components of fitness. READ MORE
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5. “Bridal Couples" : On Hybridity in Conceptual Chinese Photography 1995–2009
Abstract : Chinese art of the 1990s responded to the many changes in the environment and thereby to changes in personal lives. Many Chinese artists of the time were therefore concerned with their selves and their works reveal explorations of personal identity. READ MORE