Search for dissertations about: "intimacy"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the word intimacy.

2. 21. Re-Branding A Nation Online : Discourses on Polish Nationalism and Patriotism

   Author : Magdalena Kania-Lundholm; Vessela Misheva; Simon Lindgren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nationalism; patriotism; nation branding; nation re-branding; cyberspace; Poland; post-socialist transformation; cultural national intimacy; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is two-fold. First, the discussion seeks to understand the concepts of nationalism and patriotism and how they relate to one another. In respect to the more critical literature concerning nationalism, it asks whether these two concepts are as different as is sometimes assumed. READ MORE

4. 22. The Purchase of Sex : Perceptions, Experiences, and Social Work Practices

   Author : Ylva Grönvall; Charlotta Holmström; Lars Plantin; David Wästerfors; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; buying sex; the purchase of sex; prostitution; commercial sex; sex work; social work;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore sex buyers’ perceptions and experiences of purchasing sex, and to study how the purchase of sex is constructed as a social problem in Swedish social work practice. The empirical material consists of interviews with 30 men with experiences of purchasing sex and with ten social workers conducting counselling or outreach work with men who purchase sex. READ MORE

5. 23. Val av livsstil : problemungdomars sätt att hantera verklighet och konstruera identitet

   Author : Stig-Arne Berglund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth dclinquencc. gender; lifestyles; identity; coping; problem youngsters; life history;

   Abstract : The main aim of my dissertation is to understand the different ways problem youngsters cope with reality, construct identity and make choices of lifestyles. From a common starting point, the assessment home, I have by means of continual interviews followed fourteen youngsters, six girls and eight boys, for almost three years in the boundary zone between "the normal life" and "the deviating behaviour". READ MORE

6. 24. Violence in Close Relationships, Sexual Risk taking, and Help-seeking among Young Men

   Author : Bo Helsing; Philip Hwang; Ann Frisén; Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dating violence; young men; sexual risk-taking; social network; help-seeking; Barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth studies; dating violence; young men; sexual risk-taking; social network; help-seeking;

   Abstract :  In close relationships and through sexual intimacy, most adolescents and young adults have opportunities to develop the ability to experience emo-tional intimacy and trust. This thesis focuses on problematic phenomena that can occur in these situations. READ MORE

7. 25. A Walk on Istiklal Street : Dissident Sexual Geographies, Politics and Citizenship in Istanbul

   Author : Alp Biricik; Jeff Hearn; Brian Heaphy; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sexuality; generation; heteronormativity; sexual citizenship; tactic; strategy; power; internet; Istanbul; Turkey; Sexualitet; genreration; heteronormativitet; sexuellt medborgarskap; strategi; taktik; makt; internet; Istanbul; Turkiet;

   Abstract : Building upon ethnographic material and literature dating from the early 1970s until the 2010s, this thesis is about the production and transformation of dissident sexual geographies through the interplay of sexual politics and citizenship in Beyoğlu and Aksaray, two districts of Istanbul, Turkey. In particular, the interdisciplinary inquiry is composed in the form of a walk on Istiklal Street in Beyoğlu district, historically a central location for cruising activities, finding sexual communities and organising political events among LGBT circles. READ MORE