Search for dissertations about: "liminality"

Showing result 16 - 18 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the word liminality.

  2. 16. "Creating the Senses" : Sensation in the work of Shelley Jackson

    Author : Tove Solander; Maria Lindgren Leavenworth; Gabriele Griffin; Sara Danius; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Shelley Jackson; senses; literary percepts; body art; object art; hypertext; fantastic fiction; minor writing; écriture féminine; queer theory; feminist theory; phenomenology; Gilles Deleuze; engelska; English; Aesthetics; estetik; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : This monograph on the œuvre of contemporary American author and multimedia artist Shelley Jackson addresses the question of how literary works employ language to evoke sense impressions. Gilles Deleuze’s notion of aesthetic percepts is drawn on to develop a theory of literary phantom sensations which is then tested on the work of Jackson and related authors. READ MORE

  4. 17. Subjects of Violence : On Gender and Recognition in Young Men’s Violence Against Women

    Author : Hanna Bornäs; Lucas Gottzén; Gunnar Karlsson; Rickard Jonsson; David Gadd; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; youth; violence; gender; Jessica Benjamin; intersubjectivity; recognition; feminism; psychoanalysis; temporality; Laplanche; afterwardsness; psychosocial; vulnerability; men’s violence against women; IPV; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth Studies;

    Abstract : The dissertation concerns young men’s violence against women partners. It is based on in-depth qualitative interviews with nine men who have been violent against women partners in their youth, and an additional interview with the mother of one of the young men. READ MORE

  5. 18. Women’s encounters with biomedical technology in the realm of cervical cancer screening

    Author : Anette Forss; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : As a form of biomedical technology, the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear has been described as the most widely used and established cane er- screening tool in the world. In Sweden, Pap smear technology triggered what is today an established secondary preventive intervention directed towards 'healthy' women to detect those at risk for developing cervical cancer, a potentially fatal disease, as well as those with the disease. READ MORE