Search for dissertations about: "gender-studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 138 swedish dissertations containing the word gender-studies.

2. 1. After idealism and difference : subjects of yellow feelings and sentimental narratives of migration

   Author : Lan Kieu; Maria Carbin; Linda Berg; Lene Myong; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Idealism; difference; universality; ethics; ethnicity; love; migration; endurance; mimetic desire; monolingualism; power; gratitude; agency.; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

   Abstract : After Idealism and Difference is a critical and ethical project of reading the postcolonial other. Taking a void from postcolonial and poststructuralist feminist critique, my thesis aims to deconstruct the privilege of the “marginalia” as the beloved object of feminist scholarship. READ MORE

4. 2. “And I don’t know who we really are to each other” : Queers doing close relationships in Estonia

   Author : Raili Uibo; Ulrika Dahl; Jenny Gunnarsson Payne; Ana Cristina Santos; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; queer; kinship; closeness; intimacy; care practices; Estonia; post-socialism; opacity; precarity; temporality.; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores the ways in which queers understand and practice close relationships in the political, economic and cultural circumstances of contemporary Estonia. The study draws on qualitative methods from sociology and anthropology and is situated at the intersection of queer studies, de/post-colonial studies, family and kinship studies. READ MORE

5. 3. Figuring Worlds; Imagining Paths : A Feminist Exploration of Identities in Higher Education Biology

   Author : Katerina Pia Günter; Annica Gullberg; Ingrid Ahnesjö; Karin S. Lindelöf; Maria Berge; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Biology Education; Communities of Practice; Discourse Analysis; Feminist Science Studies; Figured Worlds; Gender; Higher Education; Science Education; Science Identity; Genusvetenskap; Gender Studies; Pedagogik; Education; Biologi; Biology;

   Abstract : Higher education biology is a natural science discipline that is numerically female biased on undergraduate level across most international contexts. In Sweden, Germany, and the UK, for example, more than 60% of all undergraduate students are women. READ MORE

6. 4. Thai Surrogate Mothers’ Experiences of Transnational Commercial Surrogacy : Navigating Local Morality and Global Markets

   Author : Elina Nilsson; Helena Wahlström Henriksson; Jenny Björklund; Sharmila Rudrappa; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transnational commercial surrogacy; intimate labour; motherhood; gender; Thailand; precarity; local moral economies; kinship; family; merit making; assisted reproduction; bioavailability; Genusvetenskap; Gender Studies;

   Abstract : Transnational commercial surrogacy is an arrangement where a woman gestates and delivers a child for intended parents from another country in exchange for money. This thesis explores the experiences of women who have acted as surrogate mothers in Thailand. READ MORE

7. 5. Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking in Lesbian and Queer Relationships : Challenging Recognition

   Author : Nicole Ovesen; Gabriele Griffin; Renita Sörensdotter; Marianne Hester; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LGBTQ; IPV; DV; Help-seeking; Lesbian and Queer; Slow Violence; Sweden; Qualitative Interviews; Temporalities; Community; Gender Studies; Genusvetenskap;

   Abstract : The topic of intimate partner violence (IPV) in lesbian and queer relationships continues to be under-researched in Sweden. This lack of knowledge and recognition can have severe consequences for the help-seeking of those who are not recognized as victims of IPV. READ MORE