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  2. 1. Oscar Night in Hollywood : Fashioning the Red-Carpet from the Roosevelt Hotel to International Media

    Author : Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén; Jan Olsson; Mary R. Desjardins; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Red-Carpet; Academy Awards; Oscars; Fashion; Oscarcast; Epiphenomena; Red-Carpet Treatment; Celebrity Culture; Hollywood Royalty; Stars; Glamour; Media History; Hollywood Designers; Edith Head; Fashion Expert; Fashion Consultant; Best- and Worst- Dressed List; Public Relations; Endorsement; Americana; Television; pseudo-event; media event; vortextuality; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Abstract : This study investigates the red-carpet phenomenon from a historical perspective, seeking to understand how the Academy Awards’ red-carpet became the most prominent fashion show in media culture. The connections between Hollywood and the fashion industry predate the inception of the ceremony, and so does the role of Hollywood actresses as trendsetters. READ MORE

  4. 2. Keep them strong, keep them friendly : Swedish-American relations and the Pax Americana, 1948-1952

    Author : Charles Silva; Thorsten Borring Olesen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; diplomatic history; European integration; European Recovery Program; international politics; Marshall Plan; military history; NATO; OEEC; political history; liberalization; non-alignment; productivity; rearmament; security policy; stabilization; Sweden 20th century; Swedish-American relations; Swedish trade; United States foreign policy; historia; History;

    Abstract : This is a study of Swedish-American relations between 1948 and 1952, a period of exceptional flux and complexity in international politics. In this era of recovery and integration in Western Europe, the United States became profoundly engaged in European political, economic, and military affairs. READ MORE

  5. 3. Production, local trade and diversity of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) in the southern highlands of Tanzania

    Author : Ibrahim Juma; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Avocado (Persea americana Mill) has a long cultivation history in Tanzania and adds to the country’s revenue through trading within (local and commercial avocado cultivars) and outside (commercial cultivars) the country. Research has been, however, scanty to characterize the country’s avocado production, local trading and diversity. READ MORE

  6. 4. Stories of Old : The Imagined West and the Crisis of Historical Symbology in the 1970s

    Author : Mattias Bolkéus Blom; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : For all the criticism that has been leveled against cultural representations of the American West, ideas of the westward expansion and its significance have remained powerful impulses for the negotiation of history and identity. Such notions of the past, and the cultural symbology with which they can be expressed, are more or less available to writers and other cultural agents for employment in political, cultural, or literary discourse. READ MORE

  7. 5. Present and Past Coastal Dune Environments of South Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

    Author : Sonia L. Fontana; Keith D. Bennett; Sara C. Ballent; Marie-José Gaillard; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Quaternary geology; pollen; ostracods; dune vegetation; Holocene; Buenos Aires Province; Argentina; Kvartärgeologi; Quaternary geology; Kvartärgeologi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to describe present and past coastal dune environments in southern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The present vegetation of a dune system and its zonation are described on the basis of air photographs, physiognomy of the dune system and floristic composition. READ MORE