Search for dissertations about: "Swedish gender exceptionalism"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Swedish gender exceptionalism.

2. 1. Anti-Jewish Racism : Exploring the Swedish Racial Regime

   Author : Hansalbin Sältenberg; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; antijudisk rasism; rasism; antisemitism; sverige; svenskhet; svensk exceptionalism; svensk jämställdhet; nation; nationalstat; protestantism; sekularism; religion; vithet; judar; judiskhet; kritiska rasstudier; anti-Jewsish racism; antisemitism; racism; Sweden; Swedishness; Swedish exceptionalism; Swedish gender equality; nation; nation-state; Protestantism; secularism; religion; whiteness; Jews; Jewishness; cirtical race studies; antisemitism;

   Abstract : The dissertation explores anti-Jewish racism as a structural phenomenon inherent to Swedish society. While research often has separated the study of anti-Jewish racism/antisemitism from other racisms, this dissertation is located within the field of critical race studies to explore anti-Jewish racism as part of larger social and racialised structures. READ MORE

4. 2. The Right Kind of Queer: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Constructions of Swedishness

   Author : Katharina Kehl; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; homonationalism; LGBTQ; Swedish gender exceptionalism; intelligibility; belonging;

   Abstract : Recent years have seen an increased mobilisation of LGBT rights in nationalist projects of (non-)belonging. This thesis provides new insights into the role played by race, sexuality, and gender in these projects by examining contemporary constructions of Swedishness. READ MORE

5. 3. Queering Images of Russia in Sweden : Discursive hegemony and counter-hegemonic articulations 1991–2019

   Author : Kirill Polkov; Teresa Kulawik; Ann Werner; Katharina Wiedlack; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Russia; Sweden; non-normative sexuality; queer theory; national image; hybridity; temporality; Swedish sexual exceptionalism; homonationalism; visibility; discourse; LGBT; LGBTQ; homosexuality; Ryssland; Sverige; icke-normativ sexualitet; queerteori; nationell bild; hybriditet; temporalitet; svensk sexuell exceptionalism; homonationalism; synlighet; diskurs; hbtq; hbt; homosexualitet; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : This study examines the role of non-normative sexuality in the construction of national images. It focuses on how non-normative sexuality affects and is affected by Swedish constructions of the image of Russia and, by extension, Sweden’s self-image. READ MORE

6. 4. (Re)Inventing the Armed Forces: A Governmentality Analysis of Swedish Military Marketing and Outreach in the Era of Voluntarism

   Author : Sanna Strand; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Civil-military relations; Governmentality; Gender exceptionalism; Military recruitment; Military identity; Public relations;

   Abstract : In 2010, Sweden abandoned its century-old military conscription in favour of an All-Volunteer Force (AVF). The Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) was now exposed to competition over labour, and soldiering was no longer a duty connected to male citizenship. It was a job among many. READ MORE

7. 5. Stories across borders : how female ex-offenders make sense of their journey through crime and criminal justice in Sweden and England

   Author : Linnéa Österman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Women - crime - qualitative cross-national methods - Sweden - England;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the internationalisation of criminological knowledge about gender and crime through a cross-national analysis of female ex-offenders' qualitative experiences of crime and criminal justice in two European countries; Sweden and England. Grounded in a feminist methodological framework, the study draws on 24 life-story narrative interviews with 12 repeat female offenders in Sweden and 12 in England, who, at the time of the interview, self-identified as desisters. READ MORE