Search for dissertations about: "women power"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 225 swedish dissertations containing the words women power.
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1. Watching women, falling women : Power and dialogue in three novels by Margaret Atwood
Abstract : This study examines the three novelsCat s Eye, The Robber Bride, and Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. It focuses on the female characters and their relationships to each other: Their friendships are formed in a patriarchally structured environment and are therefore arenas for defending and controlling the norms of such a structure. READ MORE
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2. The Power of Being : A Study of Poverty, Fertility and Sexuality among the Kuria in Kenya and Tanzania
Abstract : The study is concerned with power based on ‘being’, which is the thread running through the entire thesis. The extended family is the focal point and three themes, interrelated in Kuria society, are explored, namely, poverty, sexuality and fertility. READ MORE
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3. Hand-arm vibration and working women : Consequences and affecting factors
Abstract : The use of hand-held vibrating tools may lead to hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS), a condition with vascular, neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms. Vibrating tools are used in several occupations in which women can be found, e.g. by metal- and wood workers, drivers, and dental personnel. READ MORE
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4. Women in rural communities : Peasants, patriarchy and the local economy in Northeast France, 1650-1789
Abstract : This dissertation investigates gender relationships and the role of women in French rural society in the seventeenth and eighteenth century from two different perspectives—economic and socio-legal. I not only show female peasants’ social importance as I demonstrate that they had a prominent role not only within their respective households but also within their communities, but I also demonstrate that women were not as passive and submissive as the traditional historiography and common assumptions have asserted. READ MORE
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5. "Speakings" of resistance. Women politicians negotiating discursive power in Cambodia
Abstract : This thesis focuses on power and resistance in two main sites of exploration. Firstly, it discusses the ways women politicians comprehend and relate to what they experience as the 'dominant' discourses on women and politics, including gendered power relations, in Cambodia. READ MORE