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“I DO NOT WRITE MERE WORDS. I WRITE OF HUMAN FLESH AND BLOOD” An Intersectional Approach to Identity in Agnes Smedley’s Autobiographical Novel Daughter of Earth
(2019-09-04)
This essay analyzes Agnes Smedley’s autobiographical novel Daughter of Earth (1929) from an intersectional perspective. The purpose is to concentrate on the novel itself, Smedley’s alter ego Marie Rogers, and the different ...
Kroppen i det offentliga rummet En studie av performanceverken Twilight Walk och Göteborg Crawl
(2015-06-22)
This essay aims to analyse the social and physical interaction through the body in
public space, based on the performances Twilight Walk by The New Beauty Council,
and Crawl, by William Pope.L. As part of the ...
Hedges, Boosters and Tag Questions in The Big Bang Theory: A Gender Perspective
(2014-02-21)
The aim of the present study is to investigate the overall frequency of hedges,
boosters and tag questions in a selected number of episodes of the TV show The Big
Bang Theory, and whether or not there are any gender ...
Power, politics, and gender-related epistemic modality in interview discourse
(2014-10-08)
To examine usage, distribution and function of gender-related
epistemic modality in the form of hedges and boosters in political
interviews and compare the present findings with those of previous
studies.
Methods: A ...
Intergenerational Mobility and Education - Evidence from Latin America
(2016-07-05)
The main objective of this study is to investigate the extent of social mobility in Latin America. Using educational attainment as a proxy for socioeconomic status in 18 Latin American countries, this study estimates ...
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 ...
Female educational enrollment, labor force participation and economics growth - A panel-data study in Europe
(2017-02-17)
During the last decades, female engagement in both educational and working activities has rapidly increased in many European countries. Hence, it is of interest to study whether this increase could be of significant ...
Gender Roles in Harry Potter: Stereotypical or Unconventional?
(2013-06-28)
In this essay I will analyze the three main characters in the Harry Potter books based on how they perform gender. My main focus is if the characters challenge gender stereotypes or if they build on clichés, norms and ...
Femininity in Twilight: A Literary Analysis of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight from a Gender Perspective
(2015-02-10)
Abstract: This essay examines the female characters in the novel Twilight by Stephenie Meyer which is the first novel in the series often referred to as the Twilight Saga. Through looking at the female characters and ...
KONSTEN ATT KONSUMERA - En kvalitativ studie om föreställningar, materialitet och identitet inom Every Day Carry
(2014-06-12)
The purpose of this thesis is to study how today’s consumer society can be understood from an
analysis of the phenomenon Every Day Carry (EDC). The aim is thus to problematize the daily use
of the artifacts that surrounds ...