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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 26 avhandlingar innehållade ordet beröring.
1. Getting Intimate : A Feminist Analysis of Old Age, Masculinity and Sexuality
Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the intersections of masculinity, old age and sexuality from the perspectives of old men themselves, how they understand and experience sex and sexuality in later life. The study uses qualitative in-depth interviews and body diaries, an exploratory method that asked men write about their bodies in everyday life. LÄS MER
2. Ta plats : Plats-specifika spel i dialog med feministisk teknovetenskap
Sammanfattning : Min utgångpunkt för den här avhandlingen är att undersöka hur ett spelande som utgår från spelarnas fysiska kroppar och publika platser kan få betydelse i städers vardagsliv. Jag utgår ifrån att den fysiska platsen och spelarens kropp får för lite uppmärksamhet i plats-specifika spel. LÄS MER
3. Trans Cinema and Its Exit Scapes : A Transfeminist Reading of Utopian Sensibility and Gender Dissidence in Contemporary Film
Sammanfattning : Trans Cinema and its Exit Scapes offers a critical and creative intervention into cultural representations of gendered body dissidence in contemporary film. The study argues for the possibility of finding spaces of “disidentification”, so-called “exit scapes” within the films. LÄS MER
4. Pain, Touch, and Decision Making : Behavioral and Brain Responses to Affective Somatosensory Stimulation
Sammanfattning : Stimulation of sensory nerves can give rise to powerful affective experiences. Noxious stimuli can give rise to pain, an unpleasant experience which, in turn, causes suffering and constitutes a major societal burden. Touch, on the other hand, can feel pleasant and plays an important role in social relationships and well-being. LÄS MER
5. Perception of touch : Developmental and personality factors in touch avoidance
Sammanfattning : The studies in this doctoral thesis investigated the concept of touch avoidance. Touch avoidance indicates a person’s negative affect toward physical contact/touch. In study 1 the aim was to develop a questionnaire that measures the level of touch avoidance. The results showed that touch avoidance can be measured along five different dimensions. LÄS MER