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  1. 6. THE CHOSEN CREATURES: HOW ANIMAL JUXTAPOSITIONS IN ANTISEMITIC PROPAGANDA CONTRIBUTED TO INSTITUTIONALIZED OTHERNESS

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Författare :Heidi Keller; [2023-07-06]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : This paper discusses how anthropomorphic animals have been used in depicting Jews in antisemitic art and propaganda imagery since the late High Middle Ages until the first half of the 20th century. It sheds light on why certain animal species were chosen to symbolize Jews, and categorizes the animals into three groups: creatures taken from the Hebrew Scriptures and the Jewish folklore inspired by it, animals presented in secular and pagan folklore influenced by legends from Ancient Greece and Rome, and the “anti-charismatic” fauna. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Kvinnobilder i Två Total War- dataspel

    Kandidat-uppsats,

    Författare :Ludvig Stoltz; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the portrayal of medievalism and the female images in computergames by examining the strategy game Medieval II Total War and fantasy strategy game TotalWar Warhammer II through a feminist lens.The study employs gender theories and game analysis, drawing on Laura Mulvey's "The MaleGaze" theory to identify and analyze genders as well as historical aspects of the games. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Bodies of the Zohar : Kabbalistic Views on the Human Body

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Författare :Hedda Lindstedt Grahn; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Kabbalah; the Zohar; Jewish mysticism; Medieval; Bodies; Impurity;

    Sammanfattning : Through the Zohar, the major medieval kabbalistic work, the human body is used in order to symbolise the divine structure. Present throughout are also dire warnings against the dangers of the flesh – a sense of anxiety often surrounds matters of the body. LÄS MER

  5. 9. The Discursive Construction of "Welsh" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Thematic Roles and Mental Models

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Johanna Åberg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Discourse Analysis; Mental models; Predication; Briton; Welsh; Anglo-Saxon; Colonialism; Thematic roles.;

    Sammanfattning : With the recent rise in interest in critical readings of our history, scholars have begun noticing that historical documents such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle may have functioned as propaganda (e.g., Yorke, 2006; Konshuh, 2020). The present study examines how Britons (i. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Violent Lives, Violent Deaths : An osteological analysis of the medieval cemetery at Helgeandsholmen, Stockholm

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Författare :Josefine Söderberg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Arkeologi; osteologi; helgeandsholmen; stridsskador; våldsskador; medeltid; medeltida sjukvård;

    Sammanfattning : This essay includes osteological and pathological analyses on selected individuals from the medieval cemetery at Helgeandsholmen, Stockholm. All of the individuals have been selected based on information that indicates that they have suffered trauma caused by violence. LÄS MER