Sökning: "Gift-giving"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 uppsatser innehållade ordet Gift-giving.

1. 1. Thette Efterskreffnehaffwer Konl. Mjt Bortskenckt : Materiell Kultur Och Sociala Relationer vid Gustav Vasas Hov

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Författare :Sofia Ekelund; [2023]
   Nyckelord :gifts; gift giving; social network; Gustav I of Sweden; material culture; state formation; 16th century; royalty; royal wardrobe; gåvor; materiell kultur; 1500-tal; statsbildning; sociala nätverk; Gustav Vasa; renässans; kungliga klädkammaren;

   Sammanfattning : Using the account from the royal wardrobe as a source to discover the gift giving practices at the court of Gustav Vasa (Gustav I of Sweden), this thesis studies how material culture was part of the state formation process in 16th century Sweden. By analyzing the king’s gifts the study traces the informal networks that functioned as a base of power for the king’s reign. LÄS MER

3. 2. Displays of Deference, Projections of Power : The English East India Company in Japan, 1615–1622

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Författare :Tami Hioki; [2023]
   Nyckelord :English East India Company; Hirado; Japan; Richard Cocks; Tokugawa shogunate; connected histories; cosmopolitanism; power relations; global interactions;

   Sammanfattning : From 1613 to 1623, the English East India Company (EIC) maintained a trading post at Hirado, Japan. This trading post was one of the first that the EIC established, and because England was far from the empire it would one day become, Company members had to adjust to local customs and respect the laws of Japan in order to conduct business there. LÄS MER

4. 3. Kärlek genom konsumtion : Lanseringen och legitimeringen av Alla Hjärtans dag i Sverige 1956–1971

   Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Författare :Sofia Hållsten; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Valentine’s day; advertising history; Americanization; consumption; commercialism; Alla Hjärtans dag; reklamhistoria; NK; amerikanisering; konsumtion; kommersialism;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to examine how the holiday Valentine’s day was introduced in Sweden during the 1950’s. The essay reviews the topic from the field of economic history, with focus on advertising history in Sweden during the first half of the 20th century. LÄS MER

5. 4. Medeltidens dygd. En begreppshistorisk undersökning om dygd

   Kandidat-uppsats,

   Författare :Teodor Svensson; [2022-06-22]
   Nyckelord :Sweden; 14th century; Middle Ages; History of Concepts; Speech Act Theory; Virtue; Space of Experiences; Horizon of Expectations.;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to study the word virtue as a concept, which entails the exploration of uses and perceptions of virtue as well as associated practices in the social and political arena during the Swedish 14th century. The theoretical foundation of this study is a combination of Reinhart Koselleck’s conceptual history and speech act theory in accordance with Quentin Skinner and J. LÄS MER

7. 5. Comparison of Japanese and Finnish Gift GivingBehavior

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Författare :Nora Ulkuniemi; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Cultural anthropology; Japan; Finland; gift giving; motives; functions; cultural values;

   Sammanfattning : Gift exchange is at the heart of many social relationships and interactions. Various studies haveimplied that gift-giving is often based on the obligation to reciprocate, thus creating an economicexchange. The common components of gift-giving are the gift, the giver and the receiver, and theoccasion. LÄS MER