Search for dissertations about: "Feminist Theory"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 114 swedish dissertations containing the words Feminist Theory.

2. 11. On the Ontology of Love, Sexuality and Power : Towards a Feminist-Realist Depth Approach

   Author : Lena Gunnarsson; Liisa Husu; Andrew Sayer; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Roy Bhaskar; critical realism; dialectical critical realism; feminist theory; gender; Anna G. Jónasdóttir; love power; new materialism; ontology; philosophy of metaReality; sexuality; Gender Studies; Genusvetenskap;

   Abstract : The thesis offers a theoretical account of how and why, in contemporary western societies characterized by formal-legal equality and women’s relative economic independence, women continue to be subordinated to men through sexuality and love. By means of an innovative application of Roy Bhaskar’s critical realism, dialectical critical realism and philosophy of metaReality, it investigates and elaborates Anna G. READ MORE

4. 12. Estranging Cognition : Feminist Science Fiction and the Borders of Reason

   Author : Jenny Bonnevier; Rolf Lundén; Jane Donawerth; Brian Attebery; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; science fiction; feminist theory; epistemology; Ursula Le Guin; Suzy McKee Charnas; Joanna Russ; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This study explores the intersections of three different fields: feminism, science fiction, and epistemology. It argues that as a genre, science fiction is dependent on epistemological discourses that have their roots in the stories and self-images of modern science. READ MORE

5. 13. Communicating Female Voicelessness : A Feminist-Narratological Study of Pak Wansô's Short Stories from the 1970s

   Author : Eunah Kim; Sonja Häussler; Anders Cullhed; Anastasia Guryeva; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pak Wansô; South Korean Women’s Literature; South Korean Literature in the 1970s; Feminist Literary Theory; Feminist-Narratology; Susan Sniader Lanser; Narrative Voice; Pak Wansô; Sydkoreansk litteratur under 1970-talet; Sydkoreansk kvinnolitteratur; Feministisk litteraturteori; Feministisk narratologi; Susan Sniader Lanser; Berättarröst; Koreanology; koreanologi;

   Abstract : Communicating Female Voicelessness. A Feminist-Narratological Study of Pak Wansô’s Short Stories from the 1970s.This study focuses on seven short stories written by the South Korean author Pak Wansô (1931-2011) in the 1970s. Pak was one of the most established contemporary female authors in South Korea. READ MORE

6. 14. Skirting the Subject : Pursuing Language in the Works of Adrienne Rich, Susan Griffin, and Beverly Dahlen

   Author : Alan Shima; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Feminist theory; feminist poetics; women s language; Adrienne Rich; Susan Griffin; Beverly Dahlen; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; English language;

   Abstract : In this study I delve into the strategic certainty and theoretical quandary that characterize both the practice and the assessment of “women’s language.” My contention is that “women’s language” is a composite of hypothetical speculations, political intentions, interpretive practices, and ethical convictions. READ MORE

7. 15. Child (Bio)Welfare and Beyond : Intersecting Injustices in Childhoods and Swedish Child Welfare

   Author : Zlatana Knezevic; Maria Eriksson; Els-Marie Anbäcken; Mia Heikkilä; Charlotte Williams; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; biowelfare; child protection; child welfare; critical childhood studies; critical social work; embodiment; epistemic injustice; epistemology; feminist theory; intersectionality; justice subjectivity; moral economy; moral subjectivity; participation; postcolonial theory; poststructural social work; social justice; violence; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Abstract : The current thesis discusses how tools for analysing power are developed predominately for adults, and thus remain underdeveloped in terms of understanding injustices related to age, ethnicity/race and gender in childhoods. The overall ambition of this dissertation is to inscribe a discourse of intersecting social injustices as relevant for childhoods and child welfare, and by interlinking postcolonial, feminist, and critical childhood studies. READ MORE