Search for dissertations about: "lena sawyer"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words lena sawyer.

2. 1. Black and Swedish : racialization and the cultural politics of belonging in Stockholm, Sweden

   Author : Lena Sawyer; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Race; Belonging; Sweden; Cultural Politics; Ethnology; Etnologi;

   Abstract : Black and Swedish: Racialization and the Cultural Politics of Belonging in Stockholm March 2000 Lena S. Sawyer, B.A., MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY M. READ MORE

4. 2. Black and Swedish: Racialization and the Cultural Politics of Belonging in

   Author : Lena S. Sawyer; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social sciences; Black diaspora; Cultural politics; Belonging; Stockholm; Sweden; Racialization;

   Abstract : This dissertation looks at how racial discourses are used in contemporary Swedes' practices of belonging, their sense of their incorporation into Swedish society. I analyze verbal accounts and narratives of people "of African ancestry" living in Stockholm and those positioned in the normative and racially-unmarked category, "Swede. READ MORE

5. 3. A stranger in my homeland : The politics of belonging among young people with Kurdish backgrounds in Sweden

   Author : Barzoo Eliassi; Masoud Kamali; Lena Sawyer; Paulina de los Reyes; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; young people with Kurdish backgrounds; postcolonial theory; identity formation; belonging; citizenship; ethnic discrimination; gendered racism; Kurdish nationalism; social work; culturalization; strategies; resistance.; Social work; Socialt arbete; Socialt arbete;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines how young people with Kurdish backgrounds form their identity in Sweden with regards to processes of inclusion and exclusion. It also sheds light on the ways these young people deal with ethnic discrimination and racism. READ MORE