Search for dissertations about: "Genusvetenskapliga institutionen"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Genusvetenskapliga institutionen.

2. 1. Masculinities at work. Male-to-male internet escorting in Italy and Sweden

   Author : Marco Bacio; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Male sex work; Masculinity; Prostitution; Sexual markets; Clients; Italy; Sweden;

   Abstract : This research aims to map and analyse the phenomenon of male sex workers (specifically men who sell sex to other men) in Italy and Sweden. While female sex work has been studied by several scholars worldwide, there is a lack of attention on the male side of the phenomenon. READ MORE

4. 2. Flowers to the Ocean

   Author : Marta Cuesta; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; modernity; authenticity; flexibility; gender; ethnicity; identity; fieldwork; religion; Candomblé; Brazil; Bahia; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : The purpose of this book is to grasp the presence of Candomblé in the Brazilian society and more specifically in the city of Salvador da Bahia. Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion practised by approximately thirty five million Brazilians, today. Brazil is a country whose cultural diversity is characterised by social contrasts. READ MORE

5. 3. Gender, Technology and Knowledge

   Author : Sara Goodman; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Studies of Science and Technolgy STS ; Sweden; Gender; sociology; computerization; globalization; gender and work; gender division of labor; midwifery; midwives; India; reproductive technology; globalisation;

   Abstract : During the last 15 years questions concerning gender, technology and knowledge, have become increasingly recognized as central to the field of the sociology of technology. Nonetheless, critical questions remain unanswered. These issues are addressed here through investigations of the relationship between gender, work, knowledge and technology. READ MORE

6. 4. Writing-Weaving Sámi Feminisms : Stories and Conversations

   Author : Ina Knobblock; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sámi people; Sámi feminism; Indigenous feminism; gender; settler colonialism; epistemicide; Sweden; decolonisation; resurgence; Indigenous methodologies; Indigenous epistemes;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores, illuminates, and analyses Sámi feminist knowledges, conceptualised as diverse and fluid feminist knowledges that both arise within and create Sámi realities. Centrally, it contributes to and exemplifies Sámi inquiry and conversations where different people continuously create and re-create Sámi feminisms in various contexts. READ MORE

7. 5. Feminism and the Academy : Exploring the Politics of Institutionalization in Gender Studies in Sweden

   Author : Mia Liinason; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; feminism; Academy; gender; hegemony; institutionalization; Women s Gender Feminist Studies; transformation; knowledge production; interdisciplinarity;

   Abstract : The main aim of this thesis is to analyze the process of institutionalization and neo-/interdisciplinarization in Women’s/Gender/Feminist Studies (WGFS) in Sweden, and the construction of feminist knowledge within this process. Furthermore, the thesis aims to contribute to the feminist debates on academic feminism as a transformative project. READ MORE