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- Frisell Ellburg, Ann, 1964-
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Ett fåfängt arbete : Möten med modeller i den svenska modeindustrin
- 2008
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis is a study of the working life of fashion models in the Swedish Fashion Industry based on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork among a network of female and male models in Stockholm. It charts the development of the modelling business in Sweden and locates it within the changing labour market of late capitalism. The study highlights the paradoxes and contradictions of the modelling profession, which provides both extraordinary career opportunities but is also full of risks and temptations, especially for young female models. Unlike many other studies of the model business, the working lives of male models and the particular challenges they face also receive attention. Two main theoretical areas are examined in this book. One deals with the fact that a model’s body is a sexualized commodity in the market. The ability to project a sexual image at work can enhance a model’s career, but this sexualization and objectification is experienced as problematic by male and female models alike, although for different reasons. In the case of women, it involves the need to appear respectable; while for men attempting to live up to heteronormative expectations of masculinity is continually challenged in a profession coded as ‘female’. A solution employed by many models is to create a professional mask or job-persona, that is detached from what they regard as their inner or authentic self. The issue of authenticity emerges as an important concern for many models and is a theme that runs through the entire thesis. A second theoretical area is the power relations that structure the modelling business, including the relationship between fashion models and model agencies, stylists, and photographers. How models manage these power relations in the form of emotional labour, compromises, or even by occasional challenges to authority is illuminated in the study.
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- Helmfrid, Sigrun, 1955-
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Cotton and Cabaret : Domestic Economy and Female Agency in Burkina Faso
- 2020
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study investigates the functioning of the domestic economy of smallholder cotton farmers with the overall aim of interrogating female agency, based on ethnographic fieldwork in Burkina Faso in the mid-1990s. The thesis addresses the following interrelated research questions: How were the smallholder domestic economies organized and how did they function? What were the mechanisms for economic inequality and social stratification? To what extent did women benefit from cotton farming? What economic strategies were available to women? And finally, how could female agency be conceptualized in relation to the domestic unit under male headship? Permeating the analysis is the insight that domestic economies of many West African farming societies consist of separate but interconnected economic domains, the “common” economy of the farming unit and the “individual” economies of its male and female members. It demonstrates that women have vested interests in both the common economy and their individual ones, since women’s individual undertakings, to a large extent, are motivated by their gendered responsibilities towards the domestic group. The study argues for an agency concept that captures the different modes in which women exercise agency, both as individuals and as members of social bodies.
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- Hamrén, Robert, 1970-
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Vi är bara några kompisar som träffas ibland : Rotary som en manlig arena
- 2007
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I den här avhandlingen undersöks vilka dolda köns- och klassmässiga uttryck som omgärdar organisationen Rotary och dess medlemmar. Boken riktar in sig på de ideal och självbilder som organisationen producerar. Vidare undersöks hur en ”god” rotarian förväntas vara och vilka rotarianerna är samt vilken roll kvinnor har i männens Rotary. Studien visar hur organisationen är en manlig arena för utbyte av information, affärskontakter och social samkväm. Vidare att de ideal och självbilder som Rotary frambringar genom sina skrifter skapar ett ”vi” som består av en specifik manlig identitet som de kvinnliga medlemmarna får förhålla sig till. Vidare undersöks även en del av den större medlemsstrukturen, totalt fem klubbar med 349 medlemmar. Fokus ligger på medlemmarnas yrken och hur dessa kan förstås i termer av maktpositioner samt hur ålders- och könsfördelningen ser ut. Forskning om organisationen Rotary är begränsad till några få studier och detta är den första fördjupade studien av organisationen ur ett könsteoretiskt perspektiv.De teoretiska ingångar som ligger till grund för denna studie är kritisk forskning om män och maskuliniteter, homosocialitetsperspektiv och den organisationssociologiska ansatsen ”doing gender”. En gemensam utgångspunkt är att kön är något processuellt som ständigt tänks och görs av alla individer. I avhandlingen fungerar dessa ingångar som hjälp när det kommer till att synliggöra det köns- och klassmässigt dolda i Rotary.
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- Nordin, Lissa, 1962-
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Man ska ju vara två : Män och kärlekslängtan i norrländsk glesbygd
- 2007
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The thesis deals with single, middle-aged heterosexual men in northern Sweden and their search for contact with women. It is based on two years of fieldwork in the sparsely populated inland area of Västerbotten. The study focuses on normative heterosexual love and the heterosexual couple and their significance for the creation of male heterosexual gender. The study takes us to the heart of normative heterosexuality, namely how romantic love ought to be practised to be considered true and correct, what the preconditions are for it and who has the opportunity for and the ‘right’ to it. Theoretically, the study is inspired by queer theory, feminism, the anthropology of gender and sexuality, and cultural geography. A central theme is place and its significance for sexuality. The book pays specific attention to how men create and enact heterosexuality in a sparsely populated area. It contributes with an ethnographic account of love, emotion and sexuality among (heterosexual) men in a western rural context. The thesis demonstrates the central link between traditional gender and heterosexuality. It is only through a ‘real’ loving relationship with the ‘right’ woman that men can achieve a complete male gender and be regarded as adult persons with a future. Those who fail in the task risk becoming ‘old boys’ in the periphery of the heteronormative. Almost all the men in the study had accepted the demands of heteronormativity. As a result, some men, in their effort to build a couple, travelled to Russia to meet women. They thereby risked trading one stereotype for another, the exploitative male who buys sex and is incapable of having a relationship based on equality with a ‘modern’ woman.
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- Safreed-Harmon, Kelly, et al.
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The Consensus Hepatitis C Cascade of Care : standardized reporting to monitor progress toward elimination
- 2019
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Ingår i: Clinical Infectious Diseases. - : Oxford University Press. - 1058-4838 .- 1537-6591. ; 69:12, s. 2218-2227
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cascade-of-care (CoC) monitoring is an important component of the response to the global hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic. CoC metrics can be used to communicate in simple terms the extent to which national and subnational governments are advancing on key targets, and CoC findings can inform strategic decision-making regarding how to maximize the progression of HCV-infected individuals to diagnosis, treatment and cure. The value of reporting would be enhanced if reporting entities utilized a standardized approach for generating their CoCs. We have described the Consensus HCV CoC that we developed to address this need and have presented findings from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, where it was piloted. We encourage the uptake of the Consensus HCV CoC as a global instrument for facilitating clear and consistent reporting via the World Health Organization (WHO) viral hepatitis monitoring platform and ensuring the accurate monitoring of progress toward WHO's 2030 hepatitis C elimination targets.
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- Spiro, Neta, et al.
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Perspectives on Musical Care Throughout the Life Course: Introducing the Musical Care International Network
- 2023
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Ingår i: Music & Science. - : SAGE Publications. - 2059-2043. ; 6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we report on the inaugural meetings of the Musical Care International Network held online in 2022. The term “musical care” is defined by Spiro and Sanfilippo (2022) as “the role of music—music listening as well as music-making—in supporting any aspect of people's developmental or health needs” (pp. 2–3). Musical care takes varied forms in different cultural contexts and involves people from different disciplines and areas of expertise. Therefore, the Musical Care International Network takes an interdisciplinary and international approach and aims to better reflect the disciplinary, geographic, and cultural diversity relevant to musical care. Forty-two delegates participated in 5 inaugural meetings over 2 days, representing 24 countries and numerous disciplines and areas of practice. Based on the meetings, the aims of this paper are to (1) better understand the diverse practices, applications, contexts, and impacts of musical care around the globe and (2) introduce the Musical Care International Network. Transcriptions of the recordings, alongside notes taken by the hosts, were used to summarise the conversations. The discussions developed ideas in three areas: (a) musical care as context-dependent and social, (b) musical care's position within the broader research and practice context, and (c) debates about the impact of and evidence for musical care. We can conclude that musical care refers to context-dependent and social phenomena. The term musical care was seen as useful in talking across boundaries while not minimizing individual disciplinary and professional expertise. The use of the term was seen to help balance the importance and place of multiple disciplines, with a role to play in the development of a collective identity. This collective identity was seen as important in advocacy and in helping to shape policy. The paper closes with proposed future directions for the network and its emerging mission statement.
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