Search for dissertations about: "Symbolism"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the word Symbolism.

  2. 21. Conquest of the Forest. Rice Rituals of the To Pamona in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)

    Author : Bengt Jacobsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Central Sulawesi; To Pamona; rice rituals; plant fertility; ritual symbolism and symbolic exchange.;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines some salient sequences of pre-Christian dry rice rituals in highland Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, particularly those of the To Pamona ethnic cluster which resides mainly in the present-day kecamatan of Pamona Utara and Pamona Selatan. The analysis focuses on certain crucial points in the progression of the developmental cycle of rice, namely the initial expiatory moandoe sala, the first ritual episodes conducted in the swidden fields, and the pre-planting, planting, and harvesting rituals. READ MORE

  4. 22. Into the Isle of Self : Nietzschean Patterns and Contrasts in D. H. Lawrence's The Trespasser

    Author : Cecilia Björkén; Sven Bäckman; Sweden Lund Lund University Department of English; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language and literature; Apollonian-Dionysian; influence; The Trespasser; Nietzsche; D. H. Lawrence; English language; Engelska språket; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on a close reading of Lawrence's novel The Trespasser from a Nietzschean point of view. By adopting this perspective it aims at giving the novel the sense of unity it has so far been alleged to lack. The analysis is preceded by a detailed discussion of the concept of literary influence. READ MORE

  5. 23. The Dying Dreamer - Architecture of Parallel Realities

    Author : Malin Zimm; KTH; []
    Keywords : Architecture; Against Nature; A Rebours; Artifice; Artificiality; Domestic Interior; Dream; Experience; Fiction; Hypertext; Huysmans; Imagination; Individuality; Interactivity; Interface; Obsession; Obsessive Dreambuilding; Perception; Representation;

    Abstract : The objective of this licentiate thesis is to investigatearchitectural experience and creation in virtual space and itsrepresentational problems. The thesis comprises three articlespublished during the years 2001-2003, and a website,www.arch.kth. READ MORE

  6. 24. A Man of Power : Gender and HIV/AIDS in Zambia

    Author : Paul Dover; Sjaak van der Geest; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Zambia; Goba; gender; sexual and reproductive health; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the construction of masculinity and femininity in relation to sexual and reproductive health (SRH). The ethnographic material is from fieldwork among the Goba people in a rural area in southern Zambia and two peri-urban communities near Lusaka. READ MORE

  7. 25. The consular diptychs : an iconological study

    Author : Cecilia Olovsdotter; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Roman art; Early Byzantine art; ivory; consular diptychs; consul; iconology;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to link the imagery of the fully figural consular diptychs to the context(s) which contributed towards its conception, showing how it corresponds to well-developed ideas about the nature and functions of the ordinary consulate in the last 150 years of its existence (c. 400-542). READ MORE