Essays about: "low-status"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 26 essays containing the word low-status.

  1. 21. THE TUBE : Formgiving discourse - not form follows norm. The medical ventilator and the neglected tube.

    University essay from Industridesign

    Author : Cristine Sundbom; [2011]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : If form follows normative discourse in medical design, what happens to the gestalt when you include related discourses of the medical ventilator in the design process? My aim has been to integrate critical industrial design and with an exploratory aesthetic approach. This aesthetic approach aimed to create an on going exchange between the development of concepts inspired by theory and the creative sketching of 3-D form. READ MORE

  3. 22. Patrick Bateman, Violence and Consumption: Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Alexander Nystrand; [2010]
    Keywords : Marxism; Consumption; Consumerism; Homogeneity; Commodities; Use-value; Exchange-value; Sign-exchange value; Socioeconomic; Class-consciousness; Commodity fetishism.;

    Abstract : This essay investigates how Bret Easton Ellis portrays Patrick Bateman as a projection of American society, in order to criticize consumerism and capitalism in his novel American Psycho. By applying Marxist theory, this essay examines Bateman's consumption patterns and class-consciousness using key Marxist terms. READ MORE

  4. 23. Smörkullen- the forgotten cemetery : Dietary studies of a Roman Iron Age cemetery in Västra Tollstad parish, Östergötland

    University essay from Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Tove Lindberg; [2009]
    Keywords : Roman Iron Age; Östergötland; Västra Tollstad; Alvastra; Smörkullen; diet; Stable isotopes; Romersk järnålder; Östergötland; Västra Tollstad; Alvastra; Smörkullen; diet; stabila isotoper;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with individuals buried at Smörkullen, Västra Tollstad parish, Östergötland, Sweden. The aim is to reconstruct the diet of the individuals through stable isotope analyses and then try to identify if social hierarchy correlates with the diet. READ MORE

  5. 24. Authoritarian Foundations The Mechanisms of Support Behind Authoritarian Takeovers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : David Runbäck Ernstsson; [2008]
    Keywords : Coup; Support; Authoritarianism; Opinion; Democracy; Political history; Politisk historia; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social structures; Sociala strukturer; Social psychology; Socialpsykologi; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : In this study the author builds on previous materials and a statistical comparison between states with successful coup attempts and states without successful coups in an attempt to isolate a series of factors that may have an effect on the outcome of an attempted coup d'état. The isolated factors are then tested on the cases of Gambia, Ghana, Ecuador and Thailand. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Controversial "Language Choice English"

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen (LUT)

    Author : Malena Andersson; [2006]
    Keywords : Function; Language Choice English; Organization; Status;

    Abstract : Examensarbetet handar om språkval Engelska. Mitt intresse väcktes när jag erfor detta kontroversiella ämne som lärarstuderande. Meningen med ämnet är att det är en hjälp för elever som inte klarar av att studera ytterligare ett språk och för elever som behöver extra stöd i engelska. READ MORE