Sökning: "abject"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 36 uppsatser innehållade ordet abject.

  1. 21. Menstruation in news media : The impact of media discourses on the menstrual taboo in France

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Författare :Déborah Fusaro; [2016]
    Nyckelord :menstruation; patriarchy; menstrual blood; news media; abjection; activism; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the news media can challenge a social construction when it covers an event related to a taboo. The main question guiding this thesis is how the news media discourses about the ‘tampon tax´ in France can challenge the menstrual taboo. LÄS MER

  3. 22. On the right side of wrong? : Viewing the other through a lens of normalcy, respectability and functionality

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Kriminologiska institutionen

    Författare :Lily Wahlman; [2015]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Seeking a more nuanced and reflexive treatment of criminality and deviance, this paper’s aim has been to demonstrate how ‘the other’ and ‘the other life’ is constituted discursively and how such constituting can be conceptualized in relation to the constructs of normalcy, respectability and functionality. The material consists of 8 life history interviews, from a total of 5 participants, who have all lived ‘the other life’. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Mellan livet och döden : Den litterära gotikens närvaro i dokumentära skildringar av självskada

    Magister-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Författare :Therese Hallberg; [2015]
    Nyckelord :gothic; literary gothic; gothic horror; body horror; female gothic; self-harm; self-injury; autobiography; abject; Julia Kristeva; Reviving Ophelia; Mary Pipher; Vingklippt ängel; Berny Pålsson; Zebraflickan; Sofia Åkerman; Slutstation rättspsyk; Carrie; The Exorcist; Stephen King; William Peter Blatty;

    Sammanfattning : Autobiographies and documentaries usually aim to elicit a discussion about social issues by shocking and horrifying readers and viewers, often through graphic imagery. This study's ambition is to examine how literary documentary borrows from the gothic tradition to depict real societal issues. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Where am I? Who am I? (Abjection and Negotiating Identity in Carin Mannheimer's "Sista Dansen")

    Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Författare :Deborah Fronko; [2014-02-17]
    Nyckelord :abject; abjection; other; revolt; the speaking subject; Theatre Studies;

    Sammanfattning : Julia Kristeva’s lexicon of abjection, criticized by feminist philosophers for being trapped in a male/female polarity, is explored for its potential to generate analyses. What is meant by lexicon is the terminology, which is used with Kristeva’s definitions rather than definitions found in a common dictionary. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Den gamle och filmen : Om den nya generationen äldre och dess plats i det cinematiska rummet. En representationsstudie

    Master-uppsats, Institutionen för mediestudier

    Författare :Camilla Cordischi; [2013]
    Nyckelord :Cinema studies; film theory; post-structuralism; representation; ageism; old age; normativity; aging identity; Gilles Deleuze; Julia Kristeva; abject; Pierre Bourdieu; Michael Haneke; Ingmar Bergman; Film; filmvetenskap; poststrukturalism; representation; ålderism; ålderdom; identitet; normativitet; Gilles Deleuze; Julia Kristeva; abjekt; Pierre Bourdieu; Michael Haneke; Ingmar Bergman;

    Sammanfattning : Within the field of cinema studies, the question of visual representation is a fundamental pillar. An immense volume of theoretical work has been written on the subject, with various academic approaches such as feministic, postcolonial and gay/lesbian. LÄS MER