Essays about: "Abjection"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the word Abjection.

  1. 1. Business doing pleasure? A comparative interview study of experiences of vulnerability and strategies of resistance amongst sexworkers in Sweden and the Netherlands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnéa Falk; [2024]
    Keywords : sexwork; vulnerability; resistance; intersectionality; interviews; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sexwork is a complex phenomenon. There are different forms of legislation surrounding the issue, ranging from complete decriminalization/legalization to complete criminalization. In this thesis, the cases of Sweden and the Netherlands are compared. READ MORE

  3. 2. BODY NORMATIVITY AND THE HYPER(IN)VISIBILITY OF ABJECT BODIES Living with Oppression in the Body Liberation Movement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Kristin Binder; [2023-04-06]
    Keywords : Hyper in visibility; body normativity; oppression; intersectionality; transgender; disability; fatness; body liberation movement; resistance;

    Abstract : In feminist studies that attempt to theorize embodiment, fat bodies have largely been ignored and excluded from research even though scientific knowledge on weight-based stigma and discrimination shows the importance of studying fatphobia as a system of oppression. Hence, this thesis provides an analysis on the lived experience of fat bodies in relation to body normativity and visibility politics. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Otherness and The Abject in Alice Munro's "Dimensions" and "Child's Play"

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Sara Frigerio; [2023]
    Keywords : Otherness; Abjection; Critical Discourse Analysis; Lacan; Kristeva;

    Abstract : This thesis is aimed at investigating the concepts of otherness and the abject/abjection in the various characters' discourses in the two short stories "Dimensions" and "Child's Play" in Alice Munro's collection Too Much Happiness from a psychoanalytic perspective in conjunction with a Critical Discourse Analysis. Both texts share features of otherness which manifest in various forms in the characters. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gazing at Beverly Marsh : A Comparative Study of Stephen King’s It and Andy Muschietti’s 2017 Film Adaptation

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Freja Lindqwister Viker; [2022]
    Keywords : Stephen King; Andy Muschietti; It ; the Male Gaze; sexual objectification; abjection;

    Abstract : This essay explores and compares the depiction of the character Beverly Marsh in Stephen King’s novel IT and Andy Muschietti’s 2017 film adaptation. The literary analysis uses the theoretical concepts of Mulvey’s the Male Gaze, Bartky’s sexual objectification theory, and Kristeva’s abjection. READ MORE

  6. 5. Thick Love : A Psychoanalytical Study of Mother-Daughter Relationships in Toni Morrison’s Beloved

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för utbildningsvetenskap

    Author : Khuteibe Hashim; [2021]
    Keywords : Psychoanalytical Criticism; Sigmund Freud; Jacques Lacan; Julia Kristeva; Beloved; Toni Morrison; Abjection; Semiotic; Symbolic; Imaginary; Mirror-stage; Defense Mechanism;

    Abstract : This study employs psychoanalytical theories to explore how the conscious, unconscious, and subconscious workings of the mind, combined with a search for identity, are presented and dealt with in Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved (1987). It is done through a close reading and in-depth textual analysis of thematic concerns raised in the work. READ MORE