Department of Cultural Sciences / Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper: Recent submissions
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MED EN SCHYSST SERIESTAD KAN MAN SLÅ HELA VÄRLDEN MED HÄPNAD OM SERIESTADEN MALMÖ, DESS AKTÖRER OCH SERIENÄTVERK
(2017-06-27)This master thesis in ethnology explores the creative actors and networks in Seriestaden Malmö (Comic City Malmö). A concept created by comic writer, comic scholar and critic Gunnar Krantz in 1999, but now a part of the ... -
Heteronormativity, the Key for the Successful Singapore? A discourse analysis of the heteronormative family discourse performed by the Singapore Government which limits LGB people
(2017-06-27)In Singapore, it is forbidden by law for two men to have consensual sex, but the law is in practice not enforced. Same-sex marriage as well as parenthood is not recognised by the Singapore Government for lesbian, gay or ... -
On agents of power and support: Case studies regarding NGO and State institution discourses on intimate partner violence in the context of LGBT identities
(2017-06-27)The topic of intimate partner violence in contemporary discourse offers theoretical discussions, suggestions for policy reform, and movements for activism across many fields in the current context. However, it appears that ... -
The Intersectional Intention: (Re)producing Inequalities When Trying to Attain Gender Equality in Sweden
(2017-06-27)This thesis investigated the understanding of intersectionality that is being (re)produced in a Swedish governmental investigation report on gender equality (SOU 2015:86). The aim of this study was to critically examine ... -
Den perfekta kvinnan: En feministisk studie av de posthumanistiskt präglade filmerna Under the Skin, Her och Ghost in the Shell
(2017-06-26)This essay analyses the films Under the Skin, Her and Ghost in the Shell which all focus on the artificial woman, a character that is widely represented in both early films and in films produced today. Through feminist ... -
Välkommen till blocket.se/bostad... om du är rökfri, djurfri och inte har betalningsanmärkningar. En studie av representationer på den privata hyresmarknaden
(2017-06-07)This study focuses on the ads where individuals rent apartments on blocket.se/bostad. The aim is to examine the representations from an intersectional perspective. The study using critical discourse analysis as a method ... -
Förvaras oåtkomligt för barn. En diskursanalytisk studie om synen på barn, barndom och ålder i Statens medieråds åldersgränssättning av film
(2017-06-07)This thesis examines how the ideas and discourses about children, childhood and age are constructed and reproduced in Statens medieråds narratives and descriptions about age- restriction for movies. It also examines how ... -
Vems Gullbergs Kaj paradis? En studie av relationen mellan brukare och en postindustriell plats under produktion
(2017-06-07)The purpose of the essay is to examine the relationship between the physical location Gullbergskajen and its social context, and to see how they both affect the image of the area. The location is facing a comprehensive ... -
Bara få vara sig själv - Att erfara lesbiskhet
(2017-06-07)The study examines five young people identity formations by how they construct a lesbian identity based on the existing cultural and social ideas about lesbianism in society today. The study is based on interviews and the ... -
Ett feminint perspektiv: Kvinnliga konstnärers gestaltande av nakna kvinnokroppar
(2017-06-07)In this thesis semiotic analyses are carried out on twelve artworks depicting female nudes by different female artists. The purpose is to examine how the bodies are portrayed and how they can be understood, based on gaze ... -
Embodied Migration: In the Context of Iranian Men in Sweden - Toward an Embodied Post/Transdisciplinary Paradigm
(2017-06-07)This thesis is an explorative research about Iranian post-migration masculine identity in Sweden. The aim is to identify and analyse the embodied factors that have affected the Iranian men’s post-migration identity formation. ... -
Rörelse och rytm i Lage Lindells bildskapande - fallstudie av Umeåväggen
(2017-06-02)This thesis examines rhythm and movement in the visual art by Swedish artist Lage Lindell (1920-1980), in the form of a case study of his mural painting ”Umeåväggen” at the University of Umeå, 1972. The analysis are grounded ... -
”DET DÄR SOM HÄNDE” - En narrativ diskursanalys av 10 års dagboksinlägg skrivna av en överlevare av sexuellt våld.
(2017-05-05)Att utforska vad dagboksinlägg, som spinner över 10 år, från en överlevare av sexuellt våld kan säga om rådande samhälleliga diskurser kring sexuellt våld och dess aktörer - samt hur dessa diskurser och hur de upplevs av ... -
Reformulating Sexuality and the renunciation of Gender
(2017-05-05)My main focus in this essay is to pinpoint current discourses within a section of the queer community regarding the use of language and terminology when describing gender, identity, sexuality and desire. In particular I ... -
En “human” invandringspolitik- att begränsa möjligheter för människor på flykt?
(2017-05-05)Denna genusvetenskapliga uppsats är en studie av Sveriges lagändring år 2016 gällande begränsad invandring till landet. Den diskuterar riksdagens ställningstaganden gällande beslutet och analyserar det utifrån ett ... -
Tidsförskjutningar och bildens närvaro i det tredje rummet. Analys av filmaffischen till "The Great Train Robbery".
(2017-03-28)Syftet med denna uppsats innefattar en analys av affischen till Edwin S. Porters film "The Great Train Robbery" från 1903. Metoden jag använder mig av i analysen innefattar Charles Sanders Pierces äldre semiotiska syntes ... -
Nykomling på genusfältet - en enkätstudie av hur nya studenter upplever litterär kanonisering
(2017-02-14)Uppsatsen undersöker vilka författare och texter som studenter upplever kanoniseras på grundkurser i genusvetenskap i Sverige. Detta görs genom en enkätstudie riktad till studenter på dessa kurser. Utifrån resultaten av ... -
Subjektets alkemi: en diffraktiv analys av subjektet och meningens konstitution genom performativitet och fetischism
(2017-02-14)This essay investigates the performative and fetishized constitution of meaning, and the performative and fetishized subject. It is a diffractive analysis, inspired by Karen Barad, by a series of philosophical and ... -
”Ye who enter here, abandon all hope” - Truckstop Alaska: Konsertplatsens relation till musikupplevelsen
(2017-02-09)This essay covers the double construction of the concert venue, the social form and the material form, and it’s effects on the musical experience for the people visiting the venue. The case study in this essay is Truckstop ... -
Flamenco och muntlig tradering
(2017-02-09)Modern flamenco music was born as an oral tradition. As it moved into the 20th century recorded audio and audiovisual representation became important carriers of the musical information and changed the way flamenco could ...