Essays about: "American culture"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 132 essays containing the words American culture.

  1. 21. A Beautiful Wife Makes a Happy Husband : A CADS-based study on collocates to ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ throughout times in both movies and contemporary culture

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Anna Strandberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Collocates; Corpus; Husband; Wife; The Movie Corpus; The Corpus of Historical American English; CADS; kollokationer; korpuslingvistik; make; maka; the Movie Corpus; The Corpus of Historical American English; CADS;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the differences between what collocations are used for ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ in films and contemporary culture. The comparison spans through different decades and the decades will also be compared and analysed. READ MORE

  3. 22. "A mother never stops waiting" : Exploring Motherhood as an Identity Marker in Social Movements

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Miriam Steinbach; Victoria Särnhult; [2021]
    Keywords : communication for development; feminism; gender equality; Latin America; migration; motherhood; private and public spheres; social movements;

    Abstract : The movement Caravana de Madres de Migrantes Desaparecidos; a transnational social movement uniting Central American mothers from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua whose children have disappeared in Mexico while migrating to the US, is part of a Latin American tradition where a mother-centered kinship system is at the center. The movement has managed to reunite more than 300 families. READ MORE

  4. 23. Expression of the Sloppymerase™ in NIH/3T3 Cells: Exploring the Versatility of an Error Prone Fusion Polymerase

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskap

    Author : Mikaela Mattsson; [2021]
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    Abstract : The aim of this project is to assess the versatility of the Sloppymerase by performing stable transfection in NIH/3T3 cells and decide whether this cell line can be a candidate for further research on the Sloppymerase as a cancer model. The American cancer society predicts 1,806,590 new cancer cases in the US in 2020. READ MORE

  5. 24. Becoming Raggare: Materiality Through the Car : A Sensory Exploration of Car Phenomenology Within the Raggar Subculture

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Sandra Gidlöf; [2021]
    Keywords : raggare; raggarbilar; materiality; sensore anthropology; Alfred Gell; enchantment; agency; anthropomorphism; embodiment; automobiles;

    Abstract : Raggare is a unique and rather understudied subculture within Scandinavia that emerged in the 1950s and has been vibrant since. They are noted for their affection towards 1950s American aesthetics and, most importantly, American vintage cars. READ MORE

  6. 25. Audience Engagement on Twitter: The Rijneveld Translation Controversy

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Laura Gurwin; [2021]
    Keywords : Qualitative Content Analysis; Twitter; Cancel Culture; Wokeism; Reverse Racism; Scandal; Public Opinion;

    Abstract : Much research exists on cancel culture and cultural gatekeeping. However, there is little research on more recent examples of cancel culture stemming from the Netherlands. The current study sought to examine how active Twitter users have responded to what I have titled, the Rijneveld translation controversy on Twitter. READ MORE