Masteruppsatser / Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper: Recent submissions
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FRAMÅT MARSCH! En studie om hästtjejers identitet- och genuskonstruktion inom stallkulturen
(2017-06-27)Forward, march! – a ethnografic study of girls gender and identity construction in the stable culture. By Julia Mielke My essay is about the swedish ridning school and the girls that have been active in it since they ... -
Att leva på musiken
(2017-06-27)This master thesis is a study of actors bound to independent record labels in Gothenburg during the early 2000s. The aim is to study how these actors use the social room to organize, and how these individuals relate to ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
The Devil is in the details: A feminist inquiry into diversity initiatives within the Swedish Private Sector
(2016-10-10)Diversity and gender equality are key buzzwords within the private sector in Sweden. The aim of my thesis was to interrogate how diversity is understood within the private sector in Sweden and identify key motivations for ... -
Drawing resistance - Swedish cartoonists and their relation to politics, power and the art of making others laugh
(2016-09-05)This essay analyzes conversations between the author and three Swedish cartoonists concerning ideas of politics, art and comics. The cartoonists are Elin Lucassi, Amalia Alvarez and Emanuel Garnheim. The aim is to examine ... -
Constructing Rural Identities – A Diverse Narrative
(2016-07-05)So far, rural people and communities have not received much consideration within the field of gender studies while urban individuals and their lifestyles have been normalised. I argue that the rural space inhabits a huge ... -
”We are Straining Mosquitos and Swallowing Camels” - Human Rights Work in a Municipality Context
(2016-07-05)In this thesis I make a discourse analysis of the Human Rights discourse, and other prevalent discourses in a municipality context, with a special focus on the municipality of Gothenburg. I map where the concept Human ... -
WOMEN’S RESISTANCE THROUGH TESTIMONY – A STUDY OF SURVIVORS’ TALES FROM THE HOLOCAUST
(2016-02-19)This thesis analyses Jewish women Holocaust survivor’s testimonies. The purpose is to investigate what events the women tell of, how they tell of the choice and act of giving testimony, and to analyse whether resistance ... -
ATT MÅLA TILL VARJE PRIS - Annemirl Bauers konstnärskap i 1980-talets DDR
(2015-11-12)This thesis explores the life and work of a female artist in the GDR in the 1980s. Annemirl Bauer was born 1939 and got her Art education in the GDR. The special circumstances for artists in the socialist republic are ... -
Formkanon i förändring - från antiken till postmodernismen
(2015-11-12)In western cultural circles, concepts such as balance, harmony and beauty have always played a central part in how the world is interpreted. These fall under the designation form canons and have varied from antiquity to ... -
“I feel more like a superhero” - A Narrative Analysis of Victimization and Agency in Relation to Experiences of Sexual Assaults
(2015-10-01)Rape is in many contexts considered being the worst thing that can ever happen to a person and is supposed to result in a life-long trauma. But there is a gap between those who are constructing this discourse and the ... -
Sátántangó och Passion: varaktighet i realistisk och allegorisk gestaltning
(2015-09-22)This essay proposes and examines a coalition between the Deleuzian notion of time-images and two different cinematographic traits: realism and symbolic or allegoric content. The material in question are the films by directors ... -
Ge mig ett wham! Sujetten som reproduktionsformel och ceremoniell förvaltare av auran i det minimalistiska filmnarrativet “All is Lost”
(2015-09-22)In this essay, I have studied the narrative structure of the minimalistic adventure film All is Lost. The aim of this study has been to show a reproductive discrepancy between the narrative structure and the narrative ... -
Whatever happens, I will never sell the mountains - A reparative analysis of the temporal, political, emotional and intellectual aspects of crafting
(2015-09-09)The aim of this thesis is to investigate time and the values connected to different uses of time. What use is legitimate, and what is seen as a waste of time? I will argue that a general notion of time as ‘bad’ or ‘useless’ ... -
Making feminist arguments against borders and regulated migration
(2015-09-09)This thesis is about theoretical critiques and practical resistance to regulated migration specifically and borders more generally. My aim is to explore how we can make strong arguments and strategies against borders and ...