Search for dissertations about: "gender in africa"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 79 swedish dissertations containing the words gender in africa.
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1. Battling the "invisible nets" : gender in the fields of journalism in sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract : Battling the ‘invisible nets’ studies journalism as a gendered practice in sub-Saharan Africa. This thesis analyses the gender logic in the field of journalism by examining how structures of gender, class and race interact to create barriers and opportunities for black women journalists and media managers. READ MORE
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2. Resisting feminised precarity : Farm workers in post-strike Western Cape, South Africa
Abstract : This dissertation seeks to contribute to the body of research on gender, neoliberal globalisation and work, and on the forms of resistance people engage in within a deeply unequal global order. It was devised in relation to developments during and after widespread, unprecedented labour and social protests among farm workers in export-oriented agriculture in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2012–2013. READ MORE
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3. "Walking in the Spirit" : The Complexity of Belonging in Two Pentecostal Churches in Durban, South Africa
Abstract : Drawing on anthropological fieldwork carried out in the two Pentecostal congregations Red Hill and Olive Tree in Durban, South Africa, this dissertation discusses the complexity of the experience of belonging among the members. Red Hill is a ‘coloured’ congregation, while Olive Tree is ‘white’; a fact that in present-day South Africa still is of significance for the experience of belonging. READ MORE
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4. Women in the Seascape : Gender, Livelihoods and Management of Coastal and Marine Resources in Zanzibar, East Africa
Abstract : All over the world, coastal populations depend on, and influence, the environment in pursue of their livelihoods. Managing the environment, while meeting the growing demand for marine resources, is a challenge. It further requires knowledge about all actors. READ MORE
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5. Gender and its interaction with number and evaluative morphology : An intra- and intergenealogical typological survey of Africa
Abstract : This dissertation investigates interactions between gender and number and gender and evaluative morphology in a sample of 100 African languages, and provides a method for assessing the role that these interactions play in the grammatical complexity of gender systems. The dissertation is organised around three research foci. READ MORE