Browsing Nord-Amerikakunnskap by Title
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)The main concern in this thesis is the portrayal of gay parents in American media with a particular focus on the television shows The L Word and Modern Family. Looking at how the lesbian and gay male parents are portrayed ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)In this thesis I look at how the revitalization of the republican intellectual tradition since the late 1960´s, and its narrative of the free, political and civil life in the well-ordered republic, enter into American ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)In this thesis I look at the critical reception of five of Margaret Atwood’s works. I consider reviews from large American newspapers and magazines, and my aim is to see whether Atwood’s gender influences the reception of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)This thesis analyzes a very controversial issue in American law, the right to privacy. Even though the U. S. Constitution does not explicitly mention a right to privacy, the Supreme Court has held that it contains such a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)This thesis seeks to identify the general patterns of censorship of popular music in the United States from the 1950s until today. It looks at who the censors tend to be, and the methods used in order to silence artistic ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)From the end of World War II and for decades to follow, the world was in the grip of the Cold War. With the United States and the Soviet Union vying for global domination, the two super powers built huge arsenals of nuclear ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been America’s most listened to radio personality for the past twenty years. In spite of numerous scandals, Limbaugh’s ratings remain between 15 and 20 million. Limbaugh is a ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)During the years of the George W. Bush administration, political satire had a renaissance in the United States. In 2004, a national Annenberg Election Study claimed that viewers of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart were ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)Robert Warshow's essay "The Gangster as Tragic Hero" forms the background for this exploration of the two movies Scarface; the Shame of a Nation (1931) and its remake Scarface(1983)as American hero figures. Tony Camonte ...
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Sex Education and "Traditional” Family Values: The Impact of Abstinence-Only Sex Education on Women’s Health and SexualityRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)In the United States, sex education teachings can be split into two main categories: comprehensive sex education and abstinence-only sex education. The thesis will look at abstinence-only sex education, which presents ...
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THE SHALE SOLUTION -How the Economic Growth Shale Gas Production in Pennsylvania has Contributed to can be Maintained, Even After the Gas is Depleted.Restricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)The emergence of hydrocarbon energy extracted from shale has been nicknamed the Shale Gas Revolution , due to its implications for the American society, geo-politics and economy. This thesis will explain how the economic ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)This thesis investigates the stereotypical portrayal of Muslims in the American media. More specifically, it explores the relative importance of stereotype theory, prejudice theory and the stereotype content model in the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)This thesis focuses on the political experience of Norwegian Americans in northwestern Minnesota between 1890 and 1894. More specifically, it explores the relative importance of ethnic identity in the public political ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)This thesis is concerned with exploring shifts in the relationship of American culture to nature produced by the rise of modernity. In the 1890s Frederick Jackson Turner proposed that, though officially closed, the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)Denne oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i tesen om at filmer er dypt forankret i det samfunn og den kultur som produserer dem. Oppgaven analyserer endringer i Hollywoodfremstillinger av Apacheindianeren Geronimo for å argumentere ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)"'To Boldly Go" versus "Last, Best Hope'" examines a total of four American television series from the Star Trek and Babylon 5 franchises, and the portrayal of human civilization in the future. The thesis traces how Star ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)This thesis explores how ideas of female empowerment are portrayed on social media by specifically examining the self-representation on the Instagram accounts of Kylie Jenner and Ashley Graham. The thesis takes into ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)From the post-9/11 period up till today we have seen a number of films with a transnational theme and content emerging from Hollywood’s major studios. The growing number of films, containing traces of transnationality and ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)This thesis will examine and explain the background and structure of the Tea Party Movement and discuss whether the Tea Party Movement is a party or a movement. Does it constitute a superficial change or has there, as some ...