Sökning: "rites"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 46 avhandlingar innehållade ordet rites.

1. 21. ”Me voy pal Norte”. La configuración del sujeto migrante indocumentado en ocho novelas hispanoamericanas actuales (1992-2009) : “Me voy pal Norte”. The Configuration of the Migrant Subject in Eight Contemporary Latin American Novels (1992-2009)

   Författare :Fredrik Olsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Latin American literature; undocumented migration; borders; migrant subject; identity; difference; intercultural contact; hybridity; intersectionality; the myth of the Promised Land; rites of territorial passage;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores the representation of the undocumented migrant in the contemporary Latin American novel. Clandestine crossings have long been a theme in Mexican and Chicano literature, often narrated from a highly nationalistic working-class stance, but it is here argued that recent literary production on this problematic is significantly more heterogeneous. LÄS MER

3. 22. Greek incubation rituals in Classical and Hellenistic times

   Författare :Hedvig von Ehrenheim; Gunnel Ekroth; Bronwen Wickkiser; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; classical; Arkeologi; klassisk; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

   Sammanfattning : This study documents and analyzes the structure and function of Greek incubation rituals in Classical and Hellenistic times. The first part (Chapter 2) examines all relevant literary and epigraphical testimonia concerning the rites and rules surrounding incubation. LÄS MER

4. 23. Ordination of Deacons in the Churches of the Porvoo Communion : A Comparative Investigation in Ecclesiology

   Författare :Tiit Pädam; Sven-Erik Brodd; Paul Avis; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ecclesiology; Porvoo communion; Porvoo Common Statement; Porvoo Declaration; Anglican churches; Lutheran churches; ecumenical agreements; ordination; diaconate; diaconal ministry; deacon’s ministry; Church studies; Kyrkovetenskap; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis investigates the rites of ordination to the diaconate in the churches of the Porvoo communion. The research includes, in total, four Anglican churches of the British Isles and six Lutheran churches in the Nordic and Baltic countries – all of the churches which signed the Porvoo Declaration in 1996 and thus founded a new communion: Church in Wales, Church of England, Church of Ireland, Scottish Episcopal Church, Church of Norway, Church of Sweden, Estonian Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Iceland and Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Lithuania. LÄS MER

5. 24. 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

7. 25. Processing death: Oval brooches and Viking graves in Britain, Ireland and Iceland

   Författare :Frida Espolin Norstein; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Oval brooches; Burials; Viking Age; Funerary rituals; Memory; Performance; Death; England; Scotland; Ireland; Iceland;

   Sammanfattning : Burials with oval brooches from the Viking Age settlements in Britain, Ireland, and Iceland have frequently been interpreted as the graves of a specific and uniform group of people: (pagan) Scandinavian women of relatively high status. This interpretation is partly a result of the way in which the material has been treated, as static entities with more or less fixed meanings. LÄS MER