Essays about: "biographical background"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words biographical background.

  1. 1. Class, Rank and Status in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Kajsa Söderström; [2021]
    Keywords : Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice; social class; social rank; social status; historical background; biographical background; social criticism; early 19th century; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Pride and Prejudice, published in 1813, is one of Jane Austen’s best known novels but there is much hidden from a modern reader when encountering the text. Being unfamiliar with the class system of early 19th-century England and its complexities will diminish the impact of the novel that would be apparent to an early reader of Austen. READ MORE

  3. 2. Weaving stories of a workshop under suspension : Experiences of female weavers in rural Greece

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Anna Gkirmpa; [2021]
    Keywords : women; low educational background; employability; rug weaving; suspension; biographical narrative approach;

    Abstract : A weaving program initiated in 1981 by the National Welfare Organization to support the women with low educational background living in a Slavic-speaking area of the mountainous borderlands of Northern Greece, and continued for thirty years until its suspension in 2010. This research aims to shed light on factors that are experienced as important by participants in handcrafted employability projects. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Even Playing Field? : Patterns of Differentiation in the Biographical Backgrounds of American College Athletes

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

    Author : Bering Henriette; [2020]
    Keywords : Sports;

    Abstract : The internationally unique position of sports in the American higher education system raisesquestions about the impact of sports on patterns of social stratification in education. The presentthesis explores dynamics of social differentiation among American college athletes based on theirhigh school and hometown background. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Intersections of Race and Class-Based Social Movements under Fordism: Rediscovering a Neglected Form of Critical Social Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Jonas Grahn; [2020]
    Keywords : Race and class; Johnson-Forest tendency; Hegelian Marxism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When critical scholars coming from different academic disciplines, such as sociology, gender studies, or Black studies, meet and discuss today, discussions sometimes take the form of whether recognition of particular identities or redistribution of material resources is of most importance. In this thesis, my aim is to explore resources that could contribute to moving beyond this framing of the question, which inevitably implies that one always would need to step back in order for the other to move forward. READ MORE

  6. 5. Heinrich’s Local Rationality: Shouldn’t ‘New View’ Thinkers Ask Why Things Made Sense To Him?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Carsten Busch; [2019]
    Keywords : Heinrich; safety; science; new view; local rationality; causation; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Herbert William Heinrich is one of the most influential pioneers within safety. His concepts, originally from the late 1920s, influence safety practice and theory, even today. In recent years, Heinrich’s legacy received increasing critique, also from contemporary safety authors that generally are counted among the ‘new view’. READ MORE