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När Johan som fjortonåring börjar i hyttan inser han att den är hans liv, men drömmen om att bli glasblåsare möter motstånd från alla håll. Då den karismatiske mäster Gottfried anländer tänds dock hoppet, om bara inte mästers trumpne son stod i vägen. Och så är där ju den vackra men oåtkomliga dottern som gör Johan alltför knäsvag.  

För den överkänsliga och kunskapstörstande Elisabeth är Kosta ett misströstans träsk. Oförmögen att leva upp till kraven som dygdig familjeflicka flyr hon till hemliga möten med glasbrukets intellektuelle bokhållare, medan fadern försöker få henne gift med en viss svensk glasblåsare.

Den slagkraftiga och driftiga Hedvig kämpar för att få tillbaka gästgiveriet Kulla i familjens ägo men kommer ständigt i kläm mellan faderns våldsamheter och ömhetsbetygelser. Jagad av familjens mörka arv ställs hennes liv på ända när hon drabbas av förälskelsen i den unge glasblåsaren Johan.  

"Skörgossen" gjuter nytt liv i tre personer runt Kosta glasbruk på 1700-talet, men också i miljön och tiden de levde i. I gränslandet mellan saga och realism möter vi människor som i glasbrukets hägn ser nya möjligheter att själva skapa sina liv. Men gamla seder och normer lever kvar, klasshierarkier och könsroller kan vara svåra att överbrygga för den som vill något mer än att foga sig i sitt öde. Det är också en berättelse om trilskande glasblåsare, om obändig kärlek, familjeband, synd, skam och sexualitet, om lycka och sorg. Inte minst är det en berättelse om glaset, starkt och skört som livet självt.  

Ida Andersen är författare och översättare från italienska. Hon har tidigare givit ut flera diktsamlingar samt Fackverket Stenminnen. De småländska stenmurarna ett kulturarv som fick Smålands akademis Linnépris 2009. Romanen Här slutar allmän väg (2016) skildrar en ung flickas uppväxt i en hippiefamilj på den småländska landsbygden. I oxögat från 2019 som fick stort genomslag hos både läsare och kritiker är den första delen i trilogin om Kosta glasbruk på 1700-talet. 

"En stark roman" Lotta Olsson, DN 

"En mycket bra historisk roman" BTJ

Pakistan has been a priority country for international development assistance since the early years of its creation. Though Pakistan celebrates National Women’s Day on 12 February each year to commemorate the 1983 women’s march, three decades of war in neighbouring Afghanistan have stoked violent extremism and constrained development gains and gender equality. Canada led the first global efforts to support women’s rights and gender equality in the region.

The Twelfth of February tells the story of the Canadian International Development Agency’s support for women’s organizations and civil society in Pakistan. Rhonda Gossen traces the ebbs and flows of financial aid, drawing on her own unique experience as a development worker as well as compelling interviews with activists, non-governmental organizations, officials, and diplomats. She assesses how women’s organizations work to resist violent extremism and makes the connection between gender inequality and security threats in a volatile region. Despite the influence of Islamic extremism, the gender equality movement in collaboration with civil society in Pakistan did make tangible headway.

The Twelfth of February addresses a problem that is all too timely: given violent extremism’s devastating impact on development gains including women’s rights, security , and the elimination of gender-based violence, what is the future role for international development?

Pakistan has been a priority country for international development assistance since the early years of its creation. Though Pakistan celebrates National Women’s Day on 12 February each year to commemorate the 1983 women’s march, three decades of war in neighbouring Afghanistan have stoked violent extremism and constrained development gains and gender equality. Canada led the first global efforts to support women’s rights and gender equality in the region.

The Twelfth of February tells the story of the Canadian International Development Agency’s support for women’s organizations and civil society in Pakistan. Rhonda Gossen traces the ebbs and flows of financial aid, drawing on her own unique experience as a development worker as well as compelling interviews with activists, non-governmental organizations, officials, and diplomats. She assesses how women’s organizations work to resist violent extremism and makes the connection between gender inequality and security threats in a volatile region. Despite the influence of Islamic extremism, the gender equality movement in collaboration with civil society in Pakistan did make tangible headway.

The Twelfth of February addresses a problem that is all too timely: given violent extremism’s devastating impact on development gains including women’s rights, security , and the elimination of gender-based violence, what is the future role for international development?

Telling Maya Tales offers an experimental ethnographic portrait of the San Juan Chamula, the largest and most influential Maya community of Highland Chiapas, in the late twentieth century--the era of the Zapatistas. In this collection of essays, the author, whose field work in the area spans two generations of anthropological thought, explores several expressions of Tzotzil ethnic affirmation, ranging from oral narrative to ritual drama and political action. His work covers the current era, when the Chamula Tzotzils mingle chaotically and sometimes violently with the social and political space of modern Mexico--most recently, in the context of the Maya Zapatista movement of 1994.

Telling Maya Tales offers an experimental ethnographic portrait of the San Juan Chamula, the largest and most influential Maya community of Highland Chiapas, in the late twentieth century--the era of the Zapatistas. In this collection of essays, the author, whose field work in the area spans two generations of anthropological thought, explores several expressions of Tzotzil ethnic affirmation, ranging from oral narrative to ritual drama and political action. His work covers the current era, when the Chamula Tzotzils mingle chaotically and sometimes violently with the social and political space of modern Mexico--most recently, in the context of the Maya Zapatista movement of 1994.

The Legacy of Mesoamerica: History and Culture of a Native American Civilization summarizes and integrates information on the origins, historical development, and current situations of the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. It describes their contributions from the development of Mesoamerican Civilization through 20th century and their influence in the world community. For courses on Mesoamerica (Middle America) taught in departments of anthropology, history, and Latin American Studies.

The Legacy of Mesoamerica: History and Culture of a Native American Civilization summarizes and integrates information on the origins, historical development, and current situations of the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. It describes their contributions from the development of Mesoamerican Civilization through 20th century and their influence in the world community. For courses on Mesoamerica (Middle America) taught in departments of anthropology, history, and Latin American Studies.

The doctoral thesis of Tatiana Gossen formulates criteria and guidelines on how to design the user interfaces of search engines for children. In her work, the author identifies the conceptual challenges based on own and previous user studies and addresses the changing characteristics of the users by providing a means of adaptation. Additionally, a novel type of search result visualisation for children with cartoon style characters is developed taking children’s preference for visual information into account.