Search for dissertations about: "third gender"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 246 swedish dissertations containing the words third gender.
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1. Gender, Technology and Knowledge
University dissertation from Lund UniversityAbstract : During the last 15 years questions concerning gender, technology and knowledge, have become increasingly recognized as central to the field of the sociology of technology. Nonetheless, critical questions remain unanswered. These issues are addressed here through investigations of the relationship between gender, work, knowledge and technology. READ MORE
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2. On Aspects of Mathematical Reasoning Affect and Gender
University dissertation from Umeå : Print & Media, Umeå UniversityAbstract : This thesis explores two aspects of mathematical reasoning: affect and gender. I started by looking at the reasoning of upper secondary students when solving tasks. READ MORE
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3. Disability and gender : Autonomy as an indication of adulthood
University dissertation from Uppsala : Acta Universitatis UpsaliensisAbstract : The overall aim of this dissertation was initially to examine the relationship between a continuedrequirement of practical assistance in adult life and autonomy. As the work has proceeded, thefocus has come to increasingly be on identifying social obstacles to autonomy, particularly fordisabled young women. READ MORE
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4. Experience and Identity : A Historical Account of Class, Caste, and Gender among the Cashew Workers of Kerala, 1930–2000
University dissertation from Historiska MediaAbstract : Popular Abstract in Swedish Med ett historiskt perspektiv analyserar denna avhandling erfarenheter och identitetsskapande processer hos en grupp kvinnliga arbetare, cashewarbeterskor, i den sydindiska delstaten Kerala-välkänd för dess radikala befolkning och höga sociala indikatorer för invånarna. Cashewarbeterskorna utmanar den stereotypa bilden av kvinnor i ?Tredje Världen?, genom att de sedan 1930-talet har utgjort majoriteten av registrerade fabriksarbetare i regionen, är organiserade i fackföreningar och har en hög grad av läskunnighet. READ MORE
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5. Digital Intimacies Doing Digital Media Differently
University dissertation from Linköping : Linköping University Electronic PressAbstract : Digital media have become an integral part of many people’s everyday lives and constitute an intimate presence therein. Utilizing the concept of digital intimacy to focus on these recent developments, this doctoral dissertation takes the perspectives of feminist cultural studies and affect theory to analyze how digital media are becoming more intimate and how in turn intimacy is remediated within digital cultures. READ MORE
