Search for dissertations about: "Beverley Skeggs"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Beverley Skeggs.
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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. Subjects of Feminism : The Production and Practice of Anxiety in a Swedish Activist Community
Abstract : Anxiety is a zeitgeist of our time. The range of themes to which anxiety attaches today are truly vast, but anxiety arises and is cultivated in specific ways among different groups of people. READ MORE
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3. Heterosexual Havana : Ideals and hierarchies of gender and sexuality in contemporary Cuba
Abstract : Drawing on two periods of ethnographic fieldwork in Vedado, Havana, in 2004–2007, this dissertation analyses the interconnections between gender, sexuality, and heterosexuality. With theoretical inspiration from the works of Stevi Jackson and Beverley Skeggs, it discusses how the logics underlying heterosexual relations also regulate hierarchical gendered ideals. READ MORE