Search for dissertations about: "hybridity"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the word hybridity.

  2. 11. Fictons of (In)Betweenness

    Author : Claudia Egerer; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; in be tweenness; worrying the lines; hybridity; postcolonial awareness; unhomeliness of home; homefulness of exile; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; English language; Engelska språket;

    Abstract : The study investigates how both fictional and theoretical texts engage in 'worrying the lines' between conceptions of home and exile. It analyzes the ways in which home and exile are problematized in novels by Louise Erdrich, J M Coetzee, and David Malouf, to bring them in contact and collision with similar reconceptualizations in the writings of Homi K. READ MORE

  4. 12. Ritualization - Hybridization - Fragmentation : The Mutability of Roman Vessels in Germania Magna AD 1–400

    Author : Fredrik Ekengren; Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ritual destruction; obolus; imports; Roman Iron Age; Roman vessels; Germania Magna; transformation; appropriation; practice theory; ritual practice; princely graves; fürstengräber; identity construction; silver vessels; Germanic pottery; hybridity; Roman glass; Charon s coin; fragmentation; enchainment;

    Abstract : This PhD thesis deals with the transformation of imported vessels of Roman origin in Germania Magna during the Roman Iron Age, 1-400 AD. The concept of transformation in this context refers to the various ways these objects were interpreted, physically altered and consequently changed with regard to their function and meaning. READ MORE

  5. 13. India Dreams : Cultural Identity among Young Middle Class Men in New Delhi

    Author : Paolo Favero; Gudrun Dahl; Marcus Banks; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : phantasms; hybridity; cultural identity; globalization; India; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : In 1991 the Indian government officially sanctioned the country’s definitive entry into the global market and into a new era.This study focuses on the generation that epitomizes this new era and is based on fieldwork among young English-speaking, educated, Delhi-based men involved in occupations such as tourism, Internet, multinationals, journalism and sports. READ MORE

  6. 14. Code-switching in Chicano Theater : Power, Identity and Style in Three Plays by Cherríe Moraga

    Author : Carla Jonsson; Patricia Poussa; Kenneth Hyltenstam; Christopher Stroud; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Linguistics; code-switching; Chicano theater; Chicano; Chicano discourse; power; identity; language ideology; third space; style; hybridity; code-mixing; Lingvistik; Linguistics; Lingvistik; engelska; English; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work;

    Abstract : The thesis examines local and global functions of code-switching and code-mixing in Chicano theater, i.e. in writing intended for performance. The data of this study consists of three published plays by Chicana playwright Cherríe Moraga. READ MORE

  7. 15. Discourses of Empire: The Gospel of Mark from a Postcolonial Perspective

    Author : Hans Leander; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Gospel of Mark; postcolonial criticism; discourse theory; ideological criticism; historic-critical paradigm; European colonialism; early Christian identity; Roman Empire; Edward Said; Homi Bhabha; Gayatri Spivak; mimicry; hybridity; catachresis.;

    Abstract : Generally regarded as the first written gospel, Mark probably began circulating in this form during the 70s C.E, the hey-days of Flavian Rome. Reading Mark as a representation of a collective identity position, this dissertation primarily studies the various ways in which it related to Roman imperial discourse. READ MORE