Essays about: "cultural sociology"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 76 essays containing the words cultural sociology.

  1. 21. A Post-development Critique of Chinese Development Discourse

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Rasmus Björklund; [2020]
    Keywords : Governmentality; Post-development; Post-modernism; development discourse; international development; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper looks at how China’s domestic development discourse creates and governs realities of objects, and subject. Using the works of Xi Jinping, the thesis uses the methods of governmentality by Mitchel Dean to analyze the data from the four analytical tools of epistheme, visibility, technical aspect, and identity to look at how the subject is positioned within collective mentalities, status of authority, means of rule, and constructed identity. READ MORE

  3. 22. Fashioning Socialism at Home : Exploring the smock-dress in Soviet-Estonia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Rasmus Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Women; Home; Smock-Dress; Soviet-Estonia; Nostalgia; Uniform; Phenomenon;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the smock-dress within the context of Soviet-Estonia during the post-war epoch, ca. 1950s until 1990s. Through Mauss’s socio-anthropological tripoint view, the concepts and identities of the smock-dress are studied from the angles of biology, sociology and psychology. READ MORE

  4. 23. It’s a little bit like drawing the lottery : A study of American and British expats’ educational strategies in Berlin

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Linn Björklund Pettersson; [2019]
    Keywords : Sociology of education; reproduction strategies; school choice; expat; Berlin; Germany; Utbildningssociologi; utbildningsstrategier; skolval; expats; Berlin; Tyskland;

    Abstract : This study examines American and British middle class expats’ educational strategies in Berlin, Germany, from a Bourdieusian perspective. I argue that globalization and an increased mover population make it necessary to study the expat population, a social group that has been largely neglected in sociological research. READ MORE

  5. 24. “Who do you think you are?” : Developing a methodology for socio-economic classification through social media 
 by examining the Twitter debates in the Austrian EU Election 2019.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Trautenberger Gerin; [2019]
    Keywords : Critical Realism; Mixed Methods; Socioeconomic Classification Model; Class; Social media; Sinus-Milieu Model; Twitter Analysis; Social Network Analysis SNA ; Sentiment Analysis; Bourdieu; Social Capital; Cultural Capital;

    Abstract : Social media today is a dominant communication tool, which structures not only our social interactions but also filter the information users are getting displayed. The big social media platforms use our interaction data to analyse our behaviour and sell the data for commercial interest. READ MORE

  6. 25. Negotiating cultural identity through eating habits: Second-generation immigrants talk about memories, values and cultural heritage attached to food

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Rossella Tatti; [2019]
    Keywords : Social learning theory; Symbolism of rituals; Cultural negotiation; Assimilation; Scania;

    Abstract : This thesis explores eating habits among seven second-generation immigrants born, raised and living in Scania, southern Sweden. It does so by using a thematic analysis of data gathered through semi-structured interviews. The theoretical framework combines Douglas’ symbolism, Bandura’s social learning theory and acculturation models. READ MORE