Search for dissertations about: "avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier.
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1. Lena Cronqvist: Reflections of Girls
Abstract : The starting point for this PhD, is the large number of girls that opposed the common trend in which girls are represented as innocent, romantic and sexual. The aim of this study has been to provide the first piece of research ever on this body of work by the Swedish artist Lena Cronqvist (b. READ MORE
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2. Mexican Mural Movement. Myths and Mythmakers
Abstract : The aim of this study of the Mexican Mural Movement is to analyze the myths it expressed and the myths it produced. The two main characters of my study are the minister José Vasconcelos and the painter Diego Rivera, because I believe these two personalities are indispensable for an understanding of the myths surrounding the Mexican Mural Movement. READ MORE
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3. Becoming Muslim: Meanings of Conversion to Islam
Abstract : "Becoming Muslim: Meanings of Conversion to Islam" is an ethnographic study analyzing the identity-making of female Muslim converts. It is based on eighteen in-depth interviews with six women in Sweden and three women in the U.S. READ MORE
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4. The Street Art World
Abstract : In recent years, street art has become embedded in popular culture and received growing attention from the art market and art institutions. Work by street artists has entered galleries, auction houses and museums, and some artists have been given the opportunity to create large-scale sanctioned public art projects. READ MORE
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5. The Drowning World : The visual culture of climate change
Abstract : A challenging question today is how to understand and act on climate change. Previous analyses of the public outreach of the climate sciences have concluded that the urgent communication of climate change is inadequate. READ MORE