Search for dissertations about: "culture studies and reception"

Showing result 16 - 18 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words culture studies and reception.

  2. 16. Reel Socialism : Making sense of history in Czech and German cinema since 1989

    Author : Sune Bechmann Pedersen; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Socialism; cinema; communism; history culture; film; memory; Germany; Czech Republic; East Germany; Czechoslovakia; 1989; revolution; retro; nostalgia; Ostalgie; coming to terms with the past;

    Abstract : This thesis is a comparative study of the communist past as depicted in Czech and German feature films since 1989, or ‘reel socialism’. It is the first detailed study of post-1989 Czech history films and the first comparative study of German post-reunification cinema. READ MORE

  4. 17. Do Satyrs Wear Sneakers? : Hellenic Polytheism and the Reception of Antiquity in Contemporary Greece – a study in serious play

    Author : Tao Thykier Makeeff; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Antiquity; Ancient Greece; Contemporary Hellenic Pol ytheism; Contemporary Paganism; Greece; Ludic Theory; Native Faith Movem ents; New Religions; Play; Rece ption Studies; Ritual Studies;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the reception of ancient Greek religion (and to some extent also renaissance Platonism) among contemporary Pagans in Greece - a phenomenon the author refers to as contemporary Hellenic polytheism. The study looks at how and why historical narratives and notions of Hellenicity are constructed by contemporary Hellenic polytheists. READ MORE

  5. 18. Understanding Nationalism : Studies in Icelandic Nationalism, 1800-2000

    Author : Birgir Hermannsson; Björn Wittrock; Gudmundur Hálfdanarson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation is an attempt to understand nationalism, in a general sense, and Icelandic nationalism in particular. For this purpose the concepts of ideology, political culture, discourse and political language are pushed to the forefront as viable analytical tools to take on the difficult phenomena of nationalism. READ MORE