Essays about: "Homesickness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Homesickness.

  1. 1. The Portrait of a Homeland : An Analysis of the Image of Sweden and Swedish Poverty in the Swedish American Post, Year 1887

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

    Author : Elin Williams; [2022]
    Keywords : Swedish American press; qualitative research; news journalism; communication for development; social change theory; representation theory;

    Abstract : In the late 1800’s, Sweden was undergoing a population growth and had experienced several crop failures. With the majority of the population being farmers, the migration to North America gave Swedish emigrants an economic opportunity that wasn’t available in the homeland. This resulted in a mass exodus. READ MORE

  3. 2. Return

    University essay from Kungl. Konsthögskolan

    Author : Monika Milivojevic; [2020]
    Keywords : void; boredom; gambling; homesickness; nothingness; experience; easy money; painting; value;

    Abstract : In my essay, I reflected on my personal experience of moving to another city and all the physical, fiscal, and emotional changes that I went through. Through the text, I bounced between my thoughts of my old hometown and questions that one suburb lifestyle brings. In my painting practice, I used references from my visions and memories. READ MORE

  4. 3. In a football bubble: Cultural transition narratives of Swedish elite football players

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Ellinor Söderlund; [2018]
    Keywords : Acculturation; career transition; cultural transition in sport; elite football players; migrating athletes; Ackulturation; karriärövergång inom idrott; kulturövergångar inom idrott; elitfotbollsspelare; migrerande idrottare;

    Abstract : The purpose of the study was to investigate cultural transition experience in elite football. More specifically, to explore three Swedish football players experience of their first transition abroad when relocating to play professional football in Europe. READ MORE

  5. 4. Filipinos sailing on the seven seas : a qualitative study of Filipino seafarers working on international vessels

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen för Pedagogik

    Author : Nina Lindgren; Jessica Nilsson; [2012]
    Keywords : filipino seafarers; working conditions; impact on life;

    Abstract : BackgroundThe rough labour market in the Philippines affects the employability. The Philippines has a unemployment rate of in-between 7-8 percent. Therefore, many Filipinos are seeking employment overseas. Today, ten percent of the population are working on the globalized market. READ MORE

  6. 5. Defining Nostalgia and Its Functions: A Review

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

    Author : Jimmy Andersson; [2011]
    Keywords : Homesickness; Melancholia; Depression; Emotional memory; Olfactory; Positive emotions; Triggers;

    Abstract : Nostalgia is a psychological phenomenon we all can relate to but have a hard time to define. What characterizes the mental state of feeling nostalgia? What psychological function does it serve? Different published materials in a wide range of fields, from consumption research and sport science to clinical psychology, psychoanalysis and sociology, all have slightly different definition of this mental experience. READ MORE