Essays about: "gentlemen"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word gentlemen.

  1. 1. The Fighting Man and the Beginning of Professionalism : The East India Company Military Officer 1750–1800

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Celicia Widell; [2020]
    Keywords : East India Company; East India Company army; army; professionalization; professionalism; fighting man; officer; India;

    Abstract : Earlier research has claimed that the British officer corps did not go through professionalization until the emergence of institutionalized education for military officers in the 19th century. This study argues that British officers in service of the East India Company in India showed signs of professionalization before 1800, contrary to earlier claims. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Stuff of Gentility : Class, Roles and Slander in Early Modern England

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Niklas Port; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis tests the models of Class and Roles on Early Modern English society through documents from the High Court of Chivalry. It analyses the role of the Court and the individuals who used the court in defining and negotiating class lines and the Social Order. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Gentleman, The Rebel and The Villain: A comparative study of the scandal-sensitivity of athlete personalities in sports marketing

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Anthony Grivas; Fabian Bratell; [2018]
    Keywords : sports marketing; celebrity-athlete endorsement; social psychology; scandals; consumer response;

    Abstract : Celebrity athletes have been powerful marketing tools throughout the professionalization and commercialization of sports. During the last couple of decades, the amount of sponsorship money allocated to the sports industry has rapidly increased, outplaying other sectors of entertainment. READ MORE

  5. 4. Experiential Marketing and Customer Experience - How apparel stores build customer experience and interaction using in-store touchpoints

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Emma Nyberg; Mathias Soini; [2017]
    Keywords : Experiential Marketing; Customer Experience; Touchpoints; Apparel stores; Sensory marketing;

    Abstract : Abstract Purpose:The purpose of this study is to explore in-store touchpoints that help creating a positive customer experience in apparel stores. The aim of this thesis is to provide further insight that may be used for implementation of experiential marketing in stores. READ MORE

  6. 5. In-Yer-Face: A Study of Unsettling British TV Comedy, Critical Discomfort and Public Offence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Linn Lönroth; [2013]
    Keywords : Chris Morris; The League of Gentlemen; Offence; Comedy; Bakhtin; Offensive comedy; Brass Eye; The Day Today; Jam; Derek; Ricky Gervais; shock; taboo; humour; dark humour; dark comedy; André Breton; British humour; British TV; transgression; provocation; laughter; Armando Iannucci; BBC; Channel 4; sick humour; tastless comedy; Cultural Sciences; Performing Arts; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this essay I explore contemporary British TV comedy that unsettles and offends its audience by pushing humour to its very outer limits. Attempts to breach decorum and provoke the reader/audience is not a new phenomenon, and by looking at the Modernist rejection of bourgeois values I try to contextualise this fascination with transgression and provocation. READ MORE