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In this study, I analyze Zac O´Yeah´s novel Tandooriälgen (2006) and discuss how it relates to postcolonial theory and terms like otherness and mimicry. The novel takes place in a not so distant future, where Sweden and Europe have joined the Asian Union which is governed by India. Herrman Barsk, a detective in his hometown of Gothenburg (now called Gautanpuri) has to solve a crime involving four murdered victims that have been grilled in a tandoori oven. The case leads Barsk to the criminal underworld of Gautanpuri, where asocial natives roam the streets and religious extremists plan to liberate the city by use of terrorism. Basing my analysis on postcolonial theorists like Homi K. Bhabha and Frantz Fanon, I examine Barsks role as a colonial subject to identify a critical intention in the novel.

The objective of this thesis is to examine the meaning of the language used in an Entertainment-Education (E-E) radio serial drama RockPoint 256 (RP256) and its representation of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and HIV/AIDS. The theoretical framework that is used to guide this study is the Cultural Studies perspective. Using Cultural Studies is instrumental to a study such as this that looks to find the source of meaning in RP256’s discourse (Hall, 1993, 105). The methodological research design used is discourse analysis that examines the oral and written data of RP256. Discourse analysis “focuses on the way language is used, what it is used for, and the social context in which it is used” (Punch, 1998, 226). There were two types of discourse analyses used. Gee’s (1999) discourse analysis is used to analyse the linguistic nature of the texts at a micro level while, Fairclough’s (1989) discourse analysis is used to observe the overarching meaning of the discourse found in RP256 at the macro level. The analysis of the data indicates that the representation of PLHA is a product of the societal and cultural markers that are a result of ideological labels given to HIV/AIDS and PLHA. The study concludes that PLHA are ostracised, stigmatized, live in poverty and are mostly women. The societal and cultural markers indicate that HIV/AIDS is still viewed as a plague and as a result PLHA are often silenced, marginalized, and discriminated against in Uganda.

The objective of this thesis is to examine the meaning of the language used in an Entertainment-Education (E-E) radio serial drama RockPoint 256 (RP256) and its representation of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and HIV/AIDS. The theoretical framework that is used to guide this study is the Cultural Studies perspective. Using Cultural Studies is instrumental to a study such as this that looks to find the source of meaning in RP256’s discourse (Hall, 1993, 105). The methodological research design used is discourse analysis that examines the oral and written data of RP256. Discourse analysis “focuses on the way language is used, what it is used for, and the social context in which it is used” (Punch, 1998, 226). There were two types of discourse analyses used. Gee’s (1999) discourse analysis is used to analyse the linguistic nature of the texts at a micro level while, Fairclough’s (1989) discourse analysis is used to observe the overarching meaning of the discourse found in RP256 at the macro level. The analysis of the data indicates that the representation of PLHA is a product of the societal and cultural markers that are a result of ideological labels given to HIV/AIDS and PLHA. The study concludes that PLHA are ostracised, stigmatized, live in poverty and are mostly women. The societal and cultural markers indicate that HIV/AIDS is still viewed as a plague and as a result PLHA are often silenced, marginalized, and discriminated against in Uganda.

The objective of this thesis is to examine the meaning of the language used in an Entertainment-Education (E-E) radio serial drama RockPoint 256 (RP256) and its representation of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) and HIV/AIDS. The theoretical framework that is used to guide this study is the Cultural Studies perspective. Using Cultural Studies is instrumental to a study such as this that looks to find the source of meaning in RP256’s discourse (Hall, 1993, 105). The methodological research design used is discourse analysis that examines the oral and written data of RP256. Discourse analysis “focuses on the way language is used, what it is used for, and the social context in which it is used” (Punch, 1998, 226). There were two types of discourse analyses used. Gee’s (1999) discourse analysis is used to analyse the linguistic nature of the texts at a micro level while, Fairclough’s (1989) discourse analysis is used to observe the overarching meaning of the discourse found in RP256 at the macro level. The analysis of the data indicates that the representation of PLHA is a product of the societal and cultural markers that are a result of ideological labels given to HIV/AIDS and PLHA. The study concludes that PLHA are ostracised, stigmatized, live in poverty and are mostly women. The societal and cultural markers indicate that HIV/AIDS is still viewed as a plague and as a result PLHA are often silenced, marginalized, and discriminated against in Uganda.

I denna uppsats undersöks användningen av den etablerade och utbredda konstruktionen ja men/nej men, vars mångskiftande interaktionella betydelse i det svenska samtalsspråket inte tidigare har klarlagts i regelrätta studier. Utifrån en CA-baserad metodik och en modifierad modell av appraisalteorins dialogicitetssystem har ja men/nej men-konstruktionernas position, funktion, attityd och form i fyra dyadiska poddsamtal kategoriserats och analyserats. Kategoriseringen av konstruktionerna utgår ifrån – och kompletterar – tidigare internationella studier, och en övergripande beskrivning av de olika svenska ja men/nej men-konstruktionerna presenteras. I analysen av 137 fullföljda ja men/nej men-inledda yttranden, utkristalliserar sig nio funktioner för ja men/nej men, varav sju är sekvensreglerande och positionsoberoende. Av de sekvensreglerande funktionerna bidrar tre till att utvidga sekvensen (bekräftande, kompletterande, förhandlande), medan fyra inskränker och avslutar sekvensen (korrigerande, ifrågasättande, sammanfattande, skiftande). Utöver en sekvensreglerande funktion fyller de turinbäddade, men inte de turinledande, konstruktionerna även en av två praktiska funktioner (reparerande, anföringsmarkerande). Samtalsdeltagarna använder företrädesvis ja men/nej men-konstruktionerna turinledande i sekvensutvidgande yttranden. Ja men används något oftare än nej men, medan konstruktionen jo men ytterst sällan används. Ja men och nej men används såväl turinledande som turinbäddat, och i samtliga nio funktioner. Det kvantitativa resultatet indikerar att deltagarna i poddsamtalen tenderar att använda ja men med framhävande attityd i utvidgande funktioner, och nej men med nedtonande attityd i inskränkande funktioner. I den anföringsmarkerande funktionen ses ett samband mellan lexikal konstruktion och den handling som realiseras i det citerade yttrandet. En diakron studie av detta användande för att utröna om fenomenet är en rest från ett ursprungligt, prototypiskt bruk av konstruktionen föreslås som fortsatt forskning om ja men/nej men. / This thesis presents an examination of the well-establish and frequently used construction ja men/nej men (yes but/no but), which interactional significance in the Swedish language has not yet been investigated. By employing a CA-based method, and a modified model of the appraisal system of engagement, the position, interactional function, attitude, and form of the ja men/nej men-constructions in four dyadic podcasts has been categorized and analyzed. The categorization is based on – and contributes to – international studies, and a comprehensive description of the Swedish construction is presented. In the 137 analyzed ja men/nej men-initiated utterances, nine functions emerge of which seven regulate sequences, regardless of a turn-initiated or turn-embedded position. Three of these regulating functions expand the sequence (confirming, completing, negotiating), while four close it (correcting, challenging, concluding, shifting). The turn-embedded constructions also assume two additional practical functions (repairing, quotative marking). The participants primarily use the construction in sequence-expanding utterances and are more frequently using ja men than nej men, very rarely jo men. The result indicates that the participants tend to use an authoritative ja men to expand the sequence, and a hedging nej men to close the sequence. A correlation, although not significant, between lexical construction and function is seen in the quotative marking function, where the performed action in the quoted utterance seems to determine the lexical choice. A diachronic study of this usage, to investigate if this is a prototypical use, is one of the suggestions for future research of the usage of the Swedish ja men/nej men-construction.