Search for dissertations about: "queer theory"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the words queer theory.

  2. 6. The Eloquent Blood : The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism

    Author : Manon Hedenborg White; Mattias Gardell; Henrik Bogdan; Ulrika Dahl; Egil Asprem; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Western esotericism; occultism; magic; gender; sexuality; queer; queer theory; femininity; femininities; Thelema; Aleister Crowley; Ordo Templi Orientis; Babalon; Scarlet Woman; Luce Irigaray; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Abstract : The study analyses the changing construction of femininities and feminine sexuality in interpretations of the goddess Babalon, a central deity in Aleister Crowley’s (1875–1947) esoteric religion Thelema. Femininity has occupied a problematic position in feminist theory, frequently associated with lack, artifice, and restriction. READ MORE

  4. 7. Studies on Fantasmical Anatomies

    Author : Anne Juren; André Lepecki; Sandra Noeth; Victoria Perez Royo; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Choreography; Feldenkrais Method®; anatomy; fantasmical; speculative gestures; somatic practices; dislocation; dissection; dissociation; treatment; operation; fragmentation; blind gaze; non-expression; dance; movement; language; poetry; voice; touch; Foley; psychoanalysis; crisis; encounter; critical awareness; sensorial transference; co-regulation; body proxy; trans-interiority; symptom; practitioner; patient; session; lesson; L’Effet-Mère; mother tongue; very too close; very too far; diffraction; dérive drift ; Utbildning på forskarnivå i performativa och mediala praktiker; Third-Cycle Studies in Performative and Mediated Practices;

    Abstract : Studies on Fantasmical Anatomies is an ongoing transdisciplinary artistic research, which encompasses the spectrum of experiences and practices that I have developed as a choreographer, dancer and Feldenkrais practitioner. My interest in anatomy and somatic practices grew out of multiple shoulder dislocations. READ MORE

  5. 8. Navigating Female Power : (De-) Constructing the Space of the Immortal Threat in Homer’s Odyssey

    Author : Paulina Partanen; Gabriella Beer; Jörgen Magnusson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Homer; Odyssey; Queer; Queer theory; Power; Space; Spatial analysis; Sexuality; Gender; Judith Butler; Jack Halberstam; Kim Knott; Circe; Calypso; Sirens; Scylla; Charybdis; Greek Myth; Monster.; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to locate spatial manifestations of power, and acts of agency, by conducting a subversive reading of the female immortal threats in Homer’s Odyssey. With an aim to question preconceived notions on sexuality, gender and power, I draw on the theoretical perspectives of gender theorists J. Butler and J. READ MORE

  6. 9. Portraying Unease : the Art and Politics of Uncomfortable Attachments

    Author : Ellen Suneson; The Cultural Studies Group of Neuroscience; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; emotional responses; contemporary art; performance art; affect theory; feminist theory; queer feminist theory; visual methodology; embarrassment; attachment; hope; subversion; repair; self-doubt; institutional attachment; institutional promises;

    Abstract : Portraying Unease critically discusses a tendency amongst politicized scholars to endow artworks with traits of subversion and political productivity. Artworks that address structural discrimination, such as heterosexism, racism, or ableism, are often described as possessing qualities that can challenge unjust systems or initiate political change. READ MORE

  7. 10. Trans Cinema and Its Exit Scapes : A Transfeminist Reading of Utopian Sensibility and Gender Dissidence in Contemporary Film

    Author : Wibke Straube; Cecilia Åsberg; Nina Lykke; Lann Hornscheidt; Susan Stryker; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Transgender studies; transfeminism; queer; gender; feminism; multisensorial cinema; haptic spectatorship; touch; hearing; seeing; exit scapes; sensible cinematic intra-activity; Trans Cinema; visual cultural studies; film theory; Transstudier; transfeminism; queer; genus; feminism; multisensorisk film; haptic spectatorship; beröring känsel; hörsel; seende; exit scapes; sensible cinematic intra-activity; trans cinema; visuella kulturstudier; filmteori;

    Abstract : Trans Cinema and its Exit Scapes offers a critical and creative intervention into cultural representations of gendered body dissidence in contemporary film. The study argues for the possibility of finding spaces of “disidentification”, so-called “exit scapes” within the films. READ MORE