Sökning: "amerikabrev"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade ordet amerikabrev.
1. "Jag fäller då mången saknadens tår öfver flydda sällare år" : En känslohistorisk studie av amerikabrev från 1886-1925
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationSammanfattning : This study aims to explore the emotional dimension through letters from three immigrants that left Sweden 1887, 1892 and 1901. The questions asked were the following: 1) which emotions are expressed in relation to the Swedish society, 2) which emotions are expressed to the American society and 3) what are the main differences between the emotions of Swedish and American society? With the use of Martha Nussbaum’s theory of emotion, Hugo Nordlands discontinuity perspective and Barbara Rosenwein’s emotional communities as theoretical framework, the results show that homesickness, nostalgia and concern are the prominent emotions in relation to Swedish society. LÄS MER
2. Olgas Amerikabrev - En svensk invandrares sociala nätverk, dess funktion, betydelse och förändring
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/HistoriaSammanfattning : This bachelor thesis aims to apply an actor oriented social networking theory to analyse a letter collection written by Olga Johnsson, a young Swedish female immigrant to the USA between 1895 and 1900. Its main question is what her social network looked like, what was exchanged within it, and the content and meaning of her social relationships. LÄS MER
3. Det förlofvade landet : En brevanalys av Amerikabrev 1850-1870
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : The Promised land – A letter analysis of America letters from 1850-1870 This essay is about the Swedish emigration to America. This essay will focus on the period 1840-1870, where the main focus will be the american civil war, and what the immigrants wrote back to their relatives in Sweden. LÄS MER
4. ”Jag söker ett land, där jag med arbete kan hjälpa mig och de mina” : Vad hade amerikaemigranterna (1840-1914) för uttalade anledningar för sin utvandring?
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)Sammanfattning : This Bachelor thesis aims to uncover the main reasons the Swedish emigrants stated for migration during the mass migration to North America during 1840 to 1914. The research material used for this thesis is a mix of Swedish emigrant letters, letters to the Swedish government’s report on migration (Emigrationsutredningen) and letters to the editor of the Chicago based Swedish-American newspaper Svenska Amerikanaren. LÄS MER
5. Dagens amerikabrev : Det är precis som på TV
Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för studier av samhällsutveckling och kulturSammanfattning : This master thesis is looking into the stories on the internet forum www.resedagboken.se. The stories of Swedish teenaged exchange students in the U. LÄS MER
