Sökning: "the abject"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden the abject.
6. Bilder av Förintelsen. Mening, minne, kompromettering
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the representation in visual culture of the Holocaust, the Nazi genocide of European Jewry. It is divided into three main parts, each one focusing on a particular aspect of Holocaust representation. LÄS MER
7. The body in pain and pleasure : an ethnography of mixed martial arts
Sammanfattning : Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a sport on the rise within the field of martial arts in which competitors fight in a cage and utilize full-contact movements using their fists, elbows, and knees as well as kicks, other strikes, and submission techniques to defeat their opponents. MMA has become a modern social movement in combat sports that has become globalized in a short time and is the fastest growing sport in the world. LÄS MER
8. An Inquiry into the Re-Creative Workings of the Unheimliche in Interior Architecture
Sammanfattning : Often left unspecified in architectural discourse, the unheimliche (or the uncanny) emerges as a puzzling concept that operates in various disciplines throughout history and geography. The unheimliche concept continuously moves between disciplines, minds, periods and places. LÄS MER
9. Passionerad politik. Om motstånd mot heteronormativ könsmakt
Sammanfattning : Abstract Title: Passionate Politics. Resistance to Heteronormative Gender Power Written in Swedish, summary in English, 350 pages. LÄS MER
10. Discursive skin : Entanglements of gender, discourse and technology
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between gender, discourse and technology, and the resulting construction of bodily norms, in a contemporary environment dominated by info- and bio-technologies. The premise from which this study starts is that the ‘intra-action’ between gender, discourse and technology plays a central role in shaping contemporary identities. LÄS MER