Gail Ramsay
Biographic Data
| ID | 4142295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gail Ramsay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gail |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramsay |
| SIGNATURE | RAMSAY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nature as a road to integration? A Saudi experience
Well-being through outdoor life and ecolacy are fundamental concepts in sociological research with regard to the question whether nature is instrumental for integration into some Western societies. In this article, we ask if the Saudi Arabian protagonist in Muḥammad Ḥasan ʿAlwān’s novel, al-Qundus, (The Beaver), 2011, becomes a part of, ‘integrated in’, North American society by means of ecolacy. An ecocritical and sociological reading, which tak…
Activists, Individualists, and Comics: The Counter-publicness of Lebanese Blogs
This article examines whether the ways Lebanese bloggers blur the boundaries between the national and transnational, the formal and informal, and entertainment and politics can be described as counter-publics. We focus on the ten most popular individual blogs in Lebanon during the time period April 2009–2010, noting bloggers’ mutual connectivity and links to online media in Lebanon. We then analyze themes common to these blogs, focusing specifica…
En arabisk förmoder
Kvinnorna har fattat sina pennor - Utbildning och litteratur vid Piratkusten
This artide treats education and the authorship of women in the United Arab Emirates. Women have only since the early 1970s been offered schooling and education on a basis equal to that of the men. Nevertheless, today the first generation of educated women are active in the field of literature. They are writing and publishing modern fiction, mostly in the form of short stories, on a considerable scale in comparison with most Arab countries. The e…
Activists, Individualists, and Comics: The Counter-publicness of Lebanese Blogs
This article examines whether the ways Lebanese bloggers blur the boundaries between the national and transnational, the formal and informal, and entertainment and politics can be described as counter-publics. We focus on the ten most popular individual blogs in Lebanon during the time period April 2009–2010, noting bloggers’ mutual connectivity and links to online media in Lebanon. We then analyze themes common to these blogs, focusing specifica…
En arabisk förmoder
Kvinnorna har fattat sina pennor - Utbildning och litteratur vid Piratkusten
This artide treats education and the authorship of women in the United Arab Emirates. Women have only since the early 1970s been offered schooling and education on a basis equal to that of the men. Nevertheless, today the first generation of educated women are active in the field of literature. They are writing and publishing modern fiction, mostly in the form of short stories, on a considerable scale in comparison with most Arab countries. The e…
Activists, Individualists, and Comics: The Counter-publicness of Lebanese Blogs
This article examines whether the ways Lebanese bloggers blur the boundaries between the national and transnational, the formal and informal, and entertainment and politics can be described as counter-publics. We focus on the ten most popular individual blogs in Lebanon during the time period April 2009–2010, noting bloggers’ mutual connectivity and links to online media in Lebanon. We then analyze themes common to these blogs, focusing specifica…
Nature as a road to integration? A Saudi experience
Well-being through outdoor life and ecolacy are fundamental concepts in sociological research with regard to the question whether nature is instrumental for integration into some Western societies. In this article, we ask if the Saudi Arabian protagonist in Muḥammad Ḥasan ʿAlwān’s novel, al-Qundus, (The Beaver), 2011, becomes a part of, ‘integrated in’, North American society by means of ecolacy. An ecocritical and sociological reading, which tak…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Socioeconomic Development in MENA (2 works) · Art (1 works)