Essays about: "Sara Pierre"
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1. Food choices: Negotiating identities and feeling at home in the social landscape of sharing a meal
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : This study highlights the sociocultural aspects of food consumption to analyse how identity, relationships and meaning is created in relation to food and meals. By using qualitative methods, a cultural analytical approach and theoretical perspectives by Sara Ahmed and Pierre Bourdieu, the aim is to create a deeper understanding of the sociocultural aspects of food, how it is consumed and how social surroundings can influence dietary choices. READ MORE
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2. Where is happiness? A cultural analysis of the emotional practices
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Happiness is an affect. Affects are thought to be part of our subjective experiences. In the past, human beings have constructed complex relationships with happiness outside of ourselves. READ MORE
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3. Fashioning the political statement : A qualitative study into the duality of postfashion
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för modevetenskapAbstract : The aim of this study is to examine the interrelationship between contemporary French luxury fashion and political struggles by examining the garments with explicit political statements from the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2015 Chanel runway, the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2017 Dior runway and the menswear fall/winter 2017 Balenciaga runway analysis as to discern the possible reasons and effects of the making of these statements. The focus of this thesis is to examine the way political struggles, as immaterial social relationships, can be commodified into garments, as according to the Marxist situationist theories of Guy Debord, and how the commodification in question by haute couture houses, rich with the sociological notion of cultural capital as described by Pierre Bourdieu, can have a potential effect on the formation of both fashion discourses and political discourses by using Foucauldian discourse analysis. READ MORE
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4. Undressing the Androgynous Body : Analysing Gender Equality in the Representation of Androgynous Bodies within Contemporary Swedish Fashion
University essay from Stockholms universitet/ModevetenskapAbstract : Stemming back thousands of years, the term androgyny continues to raise uncertainty regarding its definition in contemporary society. Simultaneously, the term has come to represent a body ideal and fashion that signals gender equality. READ MORE
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5. Bank Challenges – The Impact of Influential Stakeholders and a Dynamic Environment
University essay from Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknikAbstract : Title: Bank Challenges – The Impact of Influential Stakeholders and a Dynamic Environment Date: June 5th, 2013 Institute: School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University Classification: Master Thesis in Business Administration, 15 ECTS Authors: Sara Pierre and Johanna Russo Tutor: Carl G. Thunman Keywords: Bank, banking sector, stakeholders, financial market, environment, environmental factors, bank activities and change. READ MORE
