Sökning: "Initiation rites"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden Initiation rites.

  1. 1. Multiple meanings of female initiation. "Circumcision" among Jola Women in Lower Casamance, Senegal

    Författare :Liselott (Lisen) Dellenborg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Senegal; Lower Casamance; Kalounaye; Jola; initiation; female circumcision; genital cutting; identity; gender; moherhood; Islam; ethnicity; agency; social change;

    Sammanfattning : This anthropological study examines the meanings and practices of female "circumcision" and initiation in relation to identity and social change in contemporary Muslim Jola society, Senegal, West Africa. During the 20th century, clitoridectomy spread - allegedly as part of Islam - and became essential for a Jola woman's identity as a "real" woman and mother, and an important aspect of the women's initiation ritual. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Extending the tracks : A cross-reductionistic approach to Australian Aboriginal male initiation rites

    Författare :Monica Engelhart; Michael Vaeth; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis stresses two points regarding mandatory initiation rites where a young person is introduced into adult rights and obligations: first, that a poly-angular approach is necessary to get a fair picture of rites in general and initiation rites in particular, second, that each culture, into which a young person is initiated, contributes in a very special way to the design of the initiation rite. Therefore, a survey of some modes of interpretations is presented, after a description of Australian Aboriginal culture from early contact periods and a summary of recurrent themes in the Aboriginal male initiation rites. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Post tenebras spero lucem : Alquimia y ritos en el Quijote y otras obras cervantinas

    Författare :Carles Magriñá Badiella; Leonardo Rossiello Ramírez; Victoria Cirlot Valenzuela; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; alchemy; analogical hermeneutics; censorship; rites; chivalry; liminality; symbolism; hermetism; Paracelsus; alquimia; hermenéutica analógica; censura; ritos; caballería; liminalidad; simbolismo; hermetismo; Paracelso; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study focuses on two areas: alchemy (Part I) and rituals of initiation (Part II) in the works of Miguel de Cervantes, focusing on Don Quijote de la Mancha as my main case study.The first part analyses the function of alchemy and how it can be interpreted throughout the works and various literary genres of Cervantes. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Dissertatio gradualis, sistens aphorismos de origine initiationis novitiorum in academiis, quam suffrag. ampliss. ordin. philosph. in Reg. Acad. Upsal. præside ... Carolo Fred. Georgii ... Publico examini modeste subjicit Joannes Fryksell, Wermelandus. In audit. Carol. min. d. XXVIII. Maji, anno MDCCLV. H. A. M. S

    Författare :Carl Fredrik Georgii; Johan Fryksell; Carl Fredrik Georgii; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; College students; Initiation rites; Initiationsriter; Studenter; Studenttraditioner;

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  7. 5. Att berätta en senneolitisk historia : Sten och metall i södra Sverige 2350-1700 f. Kr

    Författare :Eva Stensköld; Mats Burström; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Late Neolithic; Flint daggers; Neolithic metal; Mortuary houses; Gallery graves; Passage rituals; Mortuary rituals; Initiation rites; Body modification; Decarnation; Narrative; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses aspects of how the Late Neolithic society in southern Sweden changed through the use of metal. Particular focus is on how the different categories of the material culture were utilized in this process – the Late Neolithic flint daggers and objects of stone imitating objects of metal. LÄS MER