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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 108 avhandlingar innehållade ordet performativity.

1. 6. "Frightened by a Word" : Shirley Jackson and Lesbian Gothic

   Författare :Colin Haines; Rolf Lundén; Edward Ingebretsen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :English language; Shirley Jackson; Hangsaman; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle; lesbian Gothic ; queer theory; Judith Butler; subjectivity; performativity; parody; the abject; compulsory heterosexuality ; ideology; Louis Althusser; psychoanalysis; Sigmund Freud; Julia Kristeva; Engelska; English; Engelska;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines representations and configurations of lesbianism in literary narrative and, in particular, three novels by American author Shirley Jackson (1916-1965). As recent scholarly work has demonstrated, representations of sexuality between women in literature tend toward the ghostly, the Gothic. LÄS MER

3. 7. Singing in Action : An inquiry into the creative working processes and practices of classical and contemporary vocal improvisation

   Författare :Sara Wilén; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Singing; Improvisation; Opera improvisation; Performativity; Interperformativity; Vocal action; Performance; Inetraction;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores performative perspectives on classical and contemporary vocal improvisation (CCVI) as a critical, creative tool for development of and research in vocal performance. It consists of one introductory part and five articles, with additional documentation on a homepage. LÄS MER

4. 8. Walking Along, Wandering Off and Going Astray A Critical Normativity Approach to Walking as a Situated Architectural Experience

   Författare :Kajsa Lawaczeck Körner; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; walking; architecture; embodied experience; identity formation; critical normativity; situatedness; walk diary; going astray; heterogeneity; differences; deviations; orientation; performativity.;

   Sammanfattning : There is a lack of attention toward the diversity in experiences of architecture that are expressed through walking. Through the application of autoethnography and critical perspectives of queer and feminist theory, this dissertation develops a method for investigating experiences of architecture in regard to the activity of walking. LÄS MER

5. 9. Allvarsam parodi och möjlighetens melankoli : En queerteoretiska analys av Ruts bok

   Författare :Malin Ekström; Inger Ljung; Jorunn Økland; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Queer theory; Judith Butler; performativity; sex; gender; sexuality; discourse; subject position; heteronormativity; feminist biblical interpretation; The Book of Ruth; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : Using queer theory as a point of departure, this study examines how ancient religious discourse can contribute to contemporary debates on gender and sexuality. To this end, employing Judith Butler’s theory of performativity, three inquiries encompassing a close reading of the book of Ruth, of the Hebrew Bible are offered. LÄS MER

7. 10. Performing Bilingualism in Wales with the Spotlight on Welsh : A Study of Language Policy and the Language Practices of Young People in Bilingual Education

   Författare :Nigel John Musk; Jan Anward; Angelika Linke; Peter Auer; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bilingualism; Bilingual education; Diglossia; Language practices; Language policy and planning; Wales; Welsh; Code-switching; Performativity; Discourse analysis; Conversation Analysis; Tvåspråkighet; Tvåspråkig utbildning; Diglossi; Språkliga praktiker; Språkplanering och språkpolitik; Wales; Walesiska; Kodväxling; Performativitet; Diskursanalys; Samtalsanalys; Bilingualism; Tvåspråkighet;

   Sammanfattning : The recently established National Assembly for Wales (with the vision of a “truly bilingual Wales”) and bilingual schools are but two major sites in which bilingualism is reconstituting and repackaging Welsh.By close examination of the discourse(s) of language policy texts, the public discourse of one bilingual secondary school and the discussions of four focus groups composed of pupils from the same school, this study identifies three types of discourse which are particularly salient in contemporary Wales: a globalising discourse, a nationalist discourse and an ecology-of-language discourse. LÄS MER