Sökning: "Monstrous"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Monstrous.

  1. 1. Designing Monstrous Experiences Through Soma Design

    Författare :Pavel Karpashevich; Kristina Höök; Pedro Sanches; Jordi Solsona; Mark Blythe; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; soma design; first-person perspective; monster; monstrous experiences; shape-changing; restrictions; uncomfortable experiences; wearable technologies; soma design; förstapersonsperspektiv; monster; monstruösa upplevelser; formförändrande; begränsningar; obekväma upplevelser; kroppsnära teknik; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

    Sammanfattning : There is currently a wave of research and development of novel on-body technologies and materials, including shape-changing technologies to be worn on or used close to the body. Traditional interaction design methods and interface models are not always a good fit for designing meaningful interactions with these technologies as they primarily interact with our somatic selves—not our language-oriented, symbol-processing ways of being in the world. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Hellraiser : om Clive Barkers film

    Författare :Anna Arnman; Lars Gustaf Andersson; Bo Florin; Filmvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Monstrous; Aesthetics; Cenobites; Sexuality; Family; House; Religion; 80´s horror films; Humanities; Humaniora; Konstvetenskap; Art History; Allmän och jämförande litteraturvetenskap; Genre; General and comparative literature; Horror; Body; Horror; Film; Film Studies;

    Sammanfattning : In this dissertation I will discuss horror film as a genre and study how Hellraiser relates to its themes and problems. First I describe the production of the film and after that I present Clive Barker - his background, authorship, film-making and artwork. Next I study the problems of the genre and the different ways in which this genre is defined. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Horror-Storied Prison : A Narrative Study of Prison as an Abject and Uncanny Institution

    Författare :Tea Fredriksson; Magnus Hörnqvist; Ingrid Lander; Michael Fiddler; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Abject; Uncanny; Haunting; Monstrous-feminine; Prison Studies; Narrative Criminology; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Sammanfattning : In terms of time as well as in terms of depth, prison is a storied institution. Many-layered tales have been told about it since its inception. A prominent theme of these stories is how they configure belonging and otherness through horror-iconography. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Monsterkroppar : Transformation, transmedialitet och makeoverkultur

    Författare :Kristina Stenström; Anja Hirdman; Kristina Riegert; Thomas Johansson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transmedia; audience; television; embodied spectatorship; makeover culture; late modernity; monstrosity; monster; vampire; zombie; transmedia; publik; television; förkroppsligat åskådarskap; makeoverkultur; senmodernitet; monstrositet; monster; vampyr; zombie; Media and Communication Studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study offers insights into the motif of monstrous corporality in a transmedia environment, through the vampire and zombie characters. Different narratives of corporeal transformation surround us constantly. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Mandom och mödom : Sexualitet, homosocialitet och aristokratisk identitet på det senmedeltida Island

    Författare :Henric Bagerius; Thomas Lindkvist; Auður Magnúsdóttir; Sverrir Jakobsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sexuality; Gender; Homosociality; Virginity; Aristocracy; Aristocratic Identity; Romance; Fornaldarsögur; Riddarasögur; Iceland; Middle Ages; Historia; History; sexuality; gender; homosociality; virginity; aristocracy; aristocratic identity; romance; fornaldarsögur; riddarasögur; Iceland; Middle Ages;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to show how political and sexual strategies interacted when the Icelandic elite was reorganized in the late Middle Ages. During the years 1262 through 1264, the Icelanders agreed to pay tax to the Norwegian king and thus Iceland evolved into a more organized and hierarchical society. LÄS MER