Search for dissertations about: "European studies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 1177 swedish dissertations containing the words European studies.
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1. “And I don’t know who we really are to each other” : Queers doing close relationships in Estonia
Abstract : This dissertation explores the ways in which queers understand and practice close relationships in the political, economic and cultural circumstances of contemporary Estonia. The study draws on qualitative methods from sociology and anthropology and is situated at the intersection of queer studies, de/post-colonial studies, family and kinship studies. READ MORE
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2. “Swarming European Consciousness” : Europe and Tradition in the Work of William Carlos Williams
Abstract : This study focuses on how the American poet William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) deals with Europe and tradition in works published between 1917 and 1928 and in unpublished material from the same period. Poems from Al Que Quiere! (1917), Sour Grapes (1921), Kora in Hell (1920) and Spring and All (1923) as well as The Great American Novel (1923) and A Voyage to Pagany (1928) constitute the core of the material. READ MORE
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3. Gendered interests in the European union : the European women's lobby and the organisation and representation of women's interests
Abstract : Gendered Interests and the European Union. The European Women’s Lobby and the Organisation and Representation of Women's Interests. READ MORE
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4. Making Death Matter : A Feminist Technoscience Study of Alzheimer's Sciences in the Laboratory
Abstract : This thesis is a contribution to feminist laboratory studies and a critical engagement with the natural sciences, or more precisely research on the biochemical workings and deadly relations of Alzheimer’s disease emanating from a year of field work in a Drosophila fly lab. The natural sciences have been a point of fascination within the field of gender studies for decades. READ MORE
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5. ‘Collaborative Competition’ : Stance-taking and Positioning in the European Parliament
Abstract : The European Parliament (EP) is the scene where certain issues concerning over 500 million ‘Europeans’ are publicly debated and where politically relevant groupings are discursively coconstructed. While the Members of the Parliament (MEPs) pursue their political agendas, intergroup boundaries are drawn, reinforced, and/or transgressed. READ MORE