Search for dissertations about: "maternity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 75 swedish dissertations containing the word maternity.

  2. 1. Soviet People with Female Bodies : Performing Beauty and Maternity in Soviet Russia in the mid 1930-1960s

    Author : Yulia Gradskova; Lisa Öberg; Helene Carlbäck; Lynne Attwood; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; oral history; Soviet Russia; maternity; beauty; everyday life; memory; body; normality; femininity; gender; intersectionality; History; Historia; historia; History; Gender studies;

    Abstract : The everyday practices of maternity and beauty are important for the enactment of femininity. This dissertation deals with femininities created in the context of changing ideas about “normality” in Soviet Russia during the mid 1930s-1960s and explores a diversity of norms, discourses and rituals. READ MORE

  4. 2. Maternity care in Zambia : with special reference to social support

    Author : Margaret C Maimbolwa; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Social support; safe motherhood; maternity care; midwifery care; breastfeeding.;

    Abstract : The Zambian woman starts childbearing early and gives birth to an average of 5.9 children during her reproductive period. The already high levels of maternal deaths are increasing in Zambia. Only 43 per cent of the women deliver with the assistance of a skilled attendant. READ MORE

  5. 3. Surrogacy Arrangements and Legal Parenthood : Swedish Law in a Comparative Context

    Author : Jane Stoll; Anna Singer; Elisabeth Rynning; Julie McCandless; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; surrogacy; surrogate motherhood; surrogacy arrangements; surrogacy and parenthood; parenthood; parentage; legal parenthood; legal parentage; establishing paternity; establishing maternity; parental order; parentage order; Sweden; England and Wales; Israel; surrogat; surrogatmamma; surrogatmoderskap; surrogatmödraskap; surrogatmor; surrogatarrangemang; föräldraskap; faderskap; moderskap; Civil Law; Civilrätt; Rättsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Surrogacy arrangements have become an increasingly popular way for childless people to build a family. Yet many jurisdictions do not regulate surrogacy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Substance use, pregnancy, and parenthood : A study on problematizations and solutions

    Author : Karin Heimdahl Vepsä; Patrik Karlsson; Mats Ekendahl; Anette Skårner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; substance use; pregnancy; parenthood; fetal harm; maternity care; interventions; 12-step; problematizations; discourse; narrative; Social Work; socialt arbete;

    Abstract : With the starting point in the view that how we interpret a problem is decisive for how we think this problem should be dealt with, the overall aim of this dissertation is to explore problematizations of substance use in relation to pregnancy and parenthood within different settings. The dissertation consists of four studies, based on different empirical materials, that analyze problematizations of substance use, pregnancy, and parenthood from different perspectives. READ MORE

  7. 5. Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

    Author : Anna Malmquist; Karin Zetterqvist Nelson; Kristin Zeiler; Elizabeth Peel; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lesbian family; same-sex parents; heteronormativity; homonormativity; fertility treatment; maternity care; healthcare; second-parent adoption; equality; donor; discursive psychology; thematic analysis; Lesbisk familj; samkönade föräldrar; regnbågsfamilj; heteronormativitet; homonormativitet; bemötande; mödravård; fertilitetsbehandling; närståendeadoption; jämställdhet; donator; regnbågsbarn; diskursiv psykologi; tematisk analys;

    Abstract : Options and possibilities for lesbian parents have changed fundamentally since the turn of the millennium. A legal change in 2003 enabled a same-sex couple  to share legal parenthood of the same child. An additional legal change, in 2005, gave lesbian couples access to fertility treatment within public healthcare in Sweden. READ MORE