Search for dissertations about: "popular culture"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 242 swedish dissertations containing the words popular culture.

  2. 21. Roots and Routes : Life stories of exiled Hungarian women in Sweden

    Author : Katalin Henriksson; Språk- och litteraturcentrum; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hungarian; Hungarian Minorities; Hungarianness; Migration; Mobility; Narratives; Narrations; Life stories; Membership Category; Category Entitlement; Identifications; Ethnic Identification; Culture; Doing Gender;

    Abstract : This dissertation analyses the narrated life stories of Swedish Hungarian women, sharing the numerous values and experiences of Hungarian exiles. With the help of interview transcripts of five women from the first generation of Hungarians living in exile in southern Sweden, the study presents seldom-discussed angles of ascertained membership in the Hungarian nation, moving beyond traditional definitions of ethnic belonging, official census figures, and organizational categorizations. READ MORE

  4. 22. Using Alliances to Increase ICT Capabilities

    Author : Paul Pierce; Institutionen för informatik; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alliance; ICT capability; Transfer Capacity; Relationship Governance; Culture;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is perhaps the most important, emblematic and ubiquitous technology of contemporary society. ICT is used increasingly in new product areas and help resolve problems and challenges to mankind; it has even gotten to a point where life without ICT is hard to imagine. READ MORE

  5. 23. Indonesian Literature vs New Order Orthodoxy. The Aftermath of 1965-1966

    Author : Anna-Greta Nilsson-Hoadley; Språk- och litteraturcentrum; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kinesiska och språk och litteratur från Syd- och Sydostasien; Languages and literatures of South and South-East Asia; human rights; culture; political ideas; Communism; army; New Order; Indonesia; literature; Chinese; history; Political history; Politisk historia; Mänskliga rättigheter;

    Abstract : Starting from Theodor Adorno´s assertion that art is negative knowledge of the real world, the book analyses Indonesian literature produced during the New Order which deal with the events of 1965-1966 and its consequences. A number of Indonesia´s best known authors have written on the subject. READ MORE

  6. 24. Undercover Operations in No-women's Land : The Swedish Armed Forces through a Gender Lens

    Author : Anders W Berggren; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; equality; military; gender; armed forces; organisational culture; organizational culture; power; officers; Industrial psychology; industripsykologi; Arbetspsykologi;

    Abstract : Since 1980, there are no formal restrictions for women to serve as officers wherever and in what positions they want to in the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF). In this thesis, the author examines what has been achieved so far in terms of integration of women, what the situation of female officers is looking like today, and what impact their presence has had on the military organisation. READ MORE

  7. 25. The Imagined versus the Real Other : Multiculturalism and the Representation of Muslims in Sweden

    Author : Aje Carlbom; Socialantropologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Islam; Multiculturalism; Muslims; Integration; Ideology; Hegemony; Discourse; Enclavization; Segregation; Institutionalization; Nationalism; Culture; Difference; Representation; Islamism; Religious rights; Fundamentalism; Individual rights; group rightsights; Sociology; Sociologi; Islam; Integration; Segregation; Nationalism; Representation; Islamism; Fundamentalism;

    Abstract : Are Muslims so different from other citizens in Sweden, that they have to live in segregation and be separated from the rest of society? What is a Muslim, and who is to define this category? In this thesis, the author presents the main actors in this discussion and their ideological positions. The multiculturalist ideology is hegemonic in Sweden on issues concerned with cultural diversity, and intellectuals in various fields of knowledge subscribe to the main moral dictates of this ideology. READ MORE