Search for dissertations about: "Marita Eastmond"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Marita Eastmond.

  2. 1. The dilemmas of exile: Chilean refugees in the U.S.A

    Author : Marita Eastmond; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; exile; refugees; Chile; USA;

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  4. 2. Just like couscous : Gender, agency and the politics of female circumcision in Cairo

    Author : Maria Frederika Malmström; Marita Eastmond; Aud Talle; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; identity; gender; agency; embodiment; senses; body; sexuality; female circumcision; politics; social change; performativity; practice; political Islam; Egypt; Middle East; North Africa; anthropology; identity; gender; agency; embodiment; senses; body; sexuality; female circumcision; politics; social change; performativity; practice; political Islam; Egypt; Middle East; North Africa;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores how female gender identity is continually created and re-created in Egypt through a number of daily practices, of which female circumcision is central. In order to do so, the study inquires into the lived experiences and social meanings of female circumcision and femininity as narrated by women from lower class neighbourhoods in Cairo. READ MORE