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  1. 1. ”INGEN VILL JU HA EN SHORT GUY”. En kvalitativ intervjustudie om hur unga män uppfattar och upplever sig påverkas av utseendenormer på Instagram

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Författare :Cornelia Nilsson; Claudia Saksa; [2024-03-12]
    Nyckelord :Utseendeideal; skönhetsideal; sociala medier; Instagram; unga män; påverkan; hegemonisk maskulinitet;

    Sammanfattning : Throughout history, beauty ideals have existed as a societal construct, but the recent phenomenon lies in the rapid and widespread dissemination of these ideals through social media. Platforms like Instagram encourage user interaction, fostering a specific type of content. LÄS MER

  3. 2. “Whaddaya Mean Biblical?” Apocalypticism and Apocalypse in Ghostbusters (1984)

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Författare :Jack Roempke Andersson; [2024-03-06]
    Nyckelord :Ghostbusters; apocalypticism; intertextuality; exegesis; reception history; apocalyptic hermeneutic;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the sci-fi horror comedy film Ghostbusters (1984) from an exegetical perspective of reception history with a focus on questions of apocalypticism and apocalypse. This splits the study in two, with the first question being what the four ghostbusters of the movie mean when they talk about the end of the world in a biblical context: their apocalyptic hermeneutic. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Helgonet med ett hundhuvud,en symbol-analys av Sankt Kristoffer : En djupdykning i meningen med forntida monster i ett kristet sammanhang

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Författare :Alexander Nesi; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Saint Christopher; dogheaded; cynocephali symbolism; christianity; orthodox; saint; old testament; bible; esotericism; symbolic analysis; armenia; synaxarion; the golden legend; Sankt Kristoffer; hundhuvud; cynocephalus; symbolik; kristendom; ortodox; helgon; gamla testamentet; bibeln; esoterisk; symbolanalys; armenien; synaxarion; den gyllene legenden;

    Sammanfattning : This essay studies the historical phenomenon of dog-headed men (cynocephaly) andSaint Christopher who is in eastern-orthodox iconography depicted as a dog headedman. The study argues that a symbolic and phenomenological perspective is preferredto understand mythical figures with “unnatural” depictions. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Félice Rubin; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Conservation; Discourse; Deforestation; Community management; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Hegemony; Baselines; Environmental History; Miljövård; diskurs; avskogning; samhällsförvaltning; biodiversitet; ekosystemtjänster; hegemoni; miljöhistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Skådepenningar i enväldets tjänst: Ekonomisk och politisk legitimitet i Gustav III:s kungliga medaljer 1772–1792

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historisk arkeologi

    Författare :Samuel Holmesson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Medalj; legitimitet; Gustav III; gustaviansk; ekonomi; ikonografi; livsmedelspolitik; penningpolitik; reformpolitik; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This bachelor’s thesis in Historical Archaeology concerns how the royal medals of the Swedish King Gustav III (1756-1792) functioned as a means of political propaganda, namely in what ways an official legitimizing narrative was created about the country’s economy and the role of the King herein, through the images and texts of the royal medals. Inspired by Clifford Geertz’ anthropological perspective on authority it views the royal medal as a means of communication and as a branch of a greater “master fiction” that monarchy created around itself. LÄS MER