Sökning: "Middlesex"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade ordet Middlesex.

  1. 1. Dream A Little Dream of... America : Identity and Ideology in Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex

    L3-uppsats, Karlstads universitet

    Författare :Josefine Vali; [2019]
    Nyckelord :identity; ideology; American dream; capitalism; determinism; freedom; choice; Marxism; genetics;

    Sammanfattning : Jeffrey Eugenides’ 2002 novelMiddlesex follows the protagonist Cal Stephanides in his exploration of the origins of the genetic mutation which causes him to be born intersexed. Weaved into this memoir is a 75-year history of the United States. LÄS MER

  3. 2. ”By the iron hand of oppression" : The performance of the parliamentary election contest in Nottingham and Middlesex 1802-1803

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Författare :Alvar Blomgren; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Georgian elections; political history; history of democracy; Georgian politics; Parlamentary reform; reform movement; radicals; radicalism; Pittite repression; Gagging acts; two acts; seditious meetings act; treason act; habeas corpus suspension act; habeas corpus; Nottingham; Middlesex; 1802 general election; parlamentary elections; controverted elections; 19th century; nineteenth century; treaty of Amiens; Joseph Birch; Daniel Coke; William Mainwaring; Francis Burdett; Mary Rich; Cold Bath prison; newspapers; citizenship; nationality; British national identity; English national identity; gender; masculinity; independence; working-class; lower-class; crowds; women; female; political propaganda; political artifacts; vestiary affronts; space; place; power; emotions; collective emotions; solidarity; doing politics; social practice; practice theory; practice-as-entity; practice-as-performance; Elizabeth Shove; Ducking; spencering; Hanoverian;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how politics was done at the level of the parliamentary constituencies at the time of the treaty of Amiens 1802-1803. This is achieved through two case studies of the elections in Middlesex and Nottingham, which are investigated as social practices. LÄS MER

  4. 3. "But in the end it wasn’t up to me" : A Queer Reading of Eugenides' Middlesex

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Högskolan Väst/Avd för utbildningsvetenskap och språk

    Författare :Saga Ländström; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Litteraturvetenskap; engelska;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Chronotope of Immigration in Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex

    Kandidat-uppsats, Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Charlotta Elmgren; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Eugenides; Middlesex; novel of immigration; chronotope; hybridity; Bakhtin; Bhabha;

    Sammanfattning : Jeffrey Eugenides‟ Middlesex can be ascribed to many genres, one of which is the novel of immigration. Mikhail Bakhtin has suggested that each genre, indeed any literary motif, can be defined by its own chronotope, literally “time space,” “the intrinsic connectedness of temporal and spatial relationships that are artistically expressed in literature. LÄS MER