Thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 1916.

Issued also as thesis, Leyden. / Bibliography: p. [334]-344.

This thesis examines the remarkable range of farcical prints that were marketed for 1 children in late seventeenth-century Amsterdam. Evoking controversial theatre plays, these prints picture slap-stick, sexually nuanced comic scenarios that do not seem in keeping with contemporary' convictions that the up-bringing of children was a key means to secure the future of the state. Yet there is evidence to indicate that this printed imagery did play a role in the education of middle-class children. Such contradictions open up significant questions about the reshaping of middle-class identity at a crucial moment in the emergence of the capitalist state. Indeed, the problem that this study investigates emerges from late seventeenth-century debates about the didactic function of comic prints and plays. Defenders of these forms argued that they effectively inculcated social norms-particularly mercantile ethics, gender roles, and class distinctions—in young viewers. Those who attacked the social role of this material, on the other hand, stated that it provided viewing pleasures that actually subverted these pedagogical intentions. Through an analysis of the prints themselves, I examine the ways in which the visual pleasures of these forms lured viewers in order to trap them within moral meanings. While this may have been their intended function, however, I also found much evidence that the enjoyment of farcical forms could, and did, overflow didactic restraints. It was this subversive potential that made comic forms particularly threatening to civic and church leaders of the day. In fact, a number of children's prints were linked to a series of farces that were banned from Amsterdam's theatre in the 1670's. With this, children's prints can be situated in historically specific contests about the control of urban spaces and populations. Throughout this thesis, the function of children's prints is not discussed solely in terms of either discipline or subversion, however. Rather, I argue that it is precisely the unresolved tension between comic pleasure and didactic instruction that characterizes these prints and their uses. / Arts, Faculty of / Art History, Visual Art and Theory, Department of / Graduate

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Law / LL.D.

Chan, Hing Yuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.ii / Table of Contents --- p.iii- v / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction: An Ethnographic Study of Home --- p.1 / Hong Kong Migrants in the Netherlands / Historical Background / Social Background / Fieldsite and Methodology / The CPH Elderly Club / The RCW Club / The TCS School / Methodology / Thesis Synopsis / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.23 / Locating Home in the Migratory Context / Home as Social Relations / Home as Cultural Belonging / Defining Home in the Context of Migration / Conceiving Gender in the Context of Migration / Conceiving Generation in the Context of Migration / Localization: Becoming Members of the Host Society / "Globalization, Transnationalism and Home among Migrants" / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Gender Matters: The Vision of Home among the First Generation Hong Kong Migrants --- p.45 / The Migration Journey of Early Hong Kong Migrants / "On Being ""Traveler-Workers""" / The Gendered Experiences of Migrants / The Gendered Consequences at and beyond Workplace / The Impact of Lineage on Visions of Home / The Kinsmen / The Married-out Daughters / Case Studies / Case 1: A Widow in Her Late 60s / Case 2: A Divorced Woman at Her 50s / Case 3: A Non-village Man / Case 4: A Typical Man from a Traditional Village Background / A Summary of the Case Studies / "Conclusion: Gender, Lineage and Home" / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Home is Where I Live: The Visions of Home among the Second Generation Migrants --- p.82 / The Characteristics of the Second Generation Migrants / Marginality of Diasporic Subjects / Being Marginal at Home and the Ancestral Homeland / """I'm a Foreigner in the Netherlands""" / """IFeel Like a Tourist at My Parents' Home""" / Dual Citizenship and Identity / Remaking Senses of Home: Three Case Studies / "Case 1: ""Home is Where My Family is Living in""" / "Case 2: ""Home is Where I Have Economic Opportunities""" / "Case 3: ""I Want to Live Away from the Muslim Migrants""" / A Summary of the Case Studies / Shifting Visions of Home: A Comparison between the First and Second / Generation Migrants / Conclusion: The Immediate Making of Home / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Establishing a Sense of Belonging to a New Home --- p.109 / Claiming Social Niche: The Indonesian Chinese Restaurants / The Community Rose from Restaurants / "Restaurants, Food and Social Niche" / Stigmatization as Strategy of Belonging / Stigmatizing Mainland Chinese Migrants / Stigmatizing Muslim Migrants / Participation in the New Home: Two Field Examples / The Multicultural Parade / The Mahjong Competition / On Cultural Citizenship: Being Members of the Host Society / The Netherlands: A Multicultural Country? / Racialization as a Social Resource / Suiting in the Popular Image of Chinese / Conclusion: Being at Home in the Host Society / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Home in Disjuncture: The Transnational Making of Home --- p.149 / Television: Consuming Connections with Hong Kong / """I Want to Watch Another Channel"": The Second Generation's Response" / Consuming Different 'Homes' under the Same Roof / The Home-Based Investments among Hong Kong Migrants / From Remittance to Investment / Investment Tactics / Investing Home / Familial Connections with Hong Kong / A Look at Filial Piety / Scene 1: A Funeral / Scene 2: A Wedding Banquet / Narratives of Filial Piety: On Being Dutiful Descendants for the Dead and Alive / Conclusion: The Multi-Faceted Meaning of Home / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion: Examining the Many Facets of Home among Hong Kong Migrants --- p.181 / "The ""Improvisation"" of Home in Different Social Contexts" / Structuration / Home and Individual roles / Home in the Local Context / Home in the Transnational Context / In Pursuit of Home: Dialogues with Current Diasporc Studies / The Territory of Diaspora / Culture as Home / A Look at Transnationalism / Concluding Remarks: Reflection on Home / Bibliography --- p.205

Thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-414) and index.

Texte remanié de : Dissertation : Histoire : Universiteit Utrecht : 2006. / CD-ROM 'Die alder excellenste cronyke van Brabant.' Texte en néerlandais, résumé en anglais. Bibliogr. p. [199]-216. Index.

Proefschrift--Amsterdam. / "Stellingen": [3] p. inserted. "Tekst van 'Le négoce d'Amsterdam' van Le Moine de l'Espine (1694)": p. 365-396.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2003. / Thesis directed by Gregory E. Dowd for the Department of History. "September 2003." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 471-507).