Search for dissertations about: "BODY SOCIOLOGY"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words BODY SOCIOLOGY.
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1. Moving thresholds : body narratives within the vicinity of gym and fitness culture
Abstract : This thesis investigates thresholds that impede bodies from moving to, and within, gym and fitness sites. Thresholds are here understood as gendered social constructs and norms, which direct bodies in certain ways, and thus circumscribing potential movements and capabilities. READ MORE
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2. Unpacking Rational Use of Antibiotics : Policy in Medical Practice and the Medical Debate
Abstract : Rational use of antibiotics–using antibiotics only when needed and in the right way–is a prioritized goal in policy aimed at preventing antimicrobial resistance. A vast body of research is devoted to understanding why unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed. READ MORE
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3. Looking good : a study of gendered body ideals among young people
Abstract : The main objective of this thesis is to study how social and cultural norms regarding body and appearance are perceived and interpreted by young people. This is done by studying both how these perceptions affect young people and how the body is controlled and altered through practices such as dieting, exercise, plastic surgery and the use of steroids. READ MORE
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4. A theory of the emotional self : from the standpoint of a neo-Meadian
Abstract : In this dissertation, two fundamental questions are posed: (1) what is emotion, and (2) what part does it play in the social processes of self-formation and self-realization? How do we as behaving beings, who experience sensations, become interacting beings, who experience emotions? And, how are our emotional experiences related to who we are and our ability to acquire a positive relation to ourselves? By attempting to answer these questions I point out the social conditions that are necessary to enable emotional experiences, and in turn self-formation and self-realization. The focus is on the form, rather than on the content of the emotional self. READ MORE
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5. Childhood class, body height and adult health : studies on the relationship between childhood social class, adult height and illness and mortality in adulthood
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