Search for dissertations about: "metaphorical"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 swedish dissertations containing the word metaphorical.

  2. 1. Fire, Poison, and Black Tears : Metaphors of Emotion in Rebétiko

    Author : Marianna Smaragdi; Grekiska (nygrekiska); []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rebétiko; Greek music; song texts; lyrics; metaphor; metaphorical expressions; figurative language; conceptual metaphor; emotion concepts; force metaphors; Lakoff and Johnson; Kövecses;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of metaphors of emotion in rebétiko song texts. Rebétiko is a major popular-music style of modern Greece, consisting mostly of melancholic songs full of sorrow, disappointment, and misfortune, as well as passion and romance, but also of cheerful songs of revelry and a carefree attitude to life. READ MORE

  4. 2. Masking Moments : The Transitions of Bodies and Beings in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

    Author : Ing-Marie Back Danielsson; Bo Petré; Julian Thomas; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Masking practices; masks; transitions; Iron Age; Scandinavia; kuml; body; metaphorical thinking; miniaturization; queer theory; feminism; sex; gender; personhood; rune stones; gold foil figures; oral literacy; food preparation; burials; Archaeology; North European; Arkeologi; nordeuropeisk; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis explores bodily representations in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (400–1050 AD). Non-human bodies, such as gold foil figures, and human bodies are analysed. The work starts with an examination and deconstruction of the sex/gender categories to the effect that they are considered to be of minor value for the purposes of the thesis. READ MORE

  5. 3. "Unity pervades all activity as water every wave" : principal teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

    Author : Anders Lindh; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; Transcendental Meditation; TM-Sidhi programme; Meditation; Indian philosophy; Philosophy; Maharishi Effect; Consciousness; Consciousness-Based Education; Bhagavadgītā; Metaphorical language; Veda; Vedic literature; Shankara; Vedanta; Advaita; Yoga;

    Abstract : The major purpose of this thesis is to investigate some essential aspects of the teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008) expressed during different periods of time. There is a primary focus on the teachings expressed in Maharishi’s translation and commentary on the didactic poem, Bhagavadgītā, with extensive references to Maharishi’s metaphorical language. READ MORE

  6. 4. The birds in the Iliad. Identities, interactions and functions

    Author : Karin Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ancient ornithology; birds; bird symbolism; divination; double motivation; divine intervention; Homer s Iliad; identity; messenger; metaphorical utterances; oral tradition; parallelism; semiotics; species interactions; transformation; transmitter; Trojan war;

    Abstract : As the topic of this study embraces and entwines what is routinely divided into two separate categories, “nature” and “culture”, the birds in the Iliad challenge modern scientific division and in some ways, our thinking. They are simultaneously birds, signs and symbols. READ MORE

  7. 5. The meaning of living with pain of fibromyalgia type as narrated by affected men, their partners, nurses and physicians

    Author : Margareta Paulson; Astrid Norberg; Ella Danielsson; Gerd Ahlström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; content analysis; encounters; female partner; fibromyalgia; health care staff; interviews; lived experience; metaphorical expression; men; pain; phenomenological hermeneutics; Caring sciences;

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