Essays about: "Catharsis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Catharsis.

  1. 1. Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of Modern-Day Freak Show Performers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Dana Stepankova; [2023]
    Keywords : freak; freak shows; BDSM; body suspension; edgework; dark play; subculture; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract Author: Dana Štěpánková Title: Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of ModernDay Freak Show Performers Supervisor: Sébastien Tutenges Master’s Thesis SOCM04, Cultural Criminology, 30 credits Department of Sociology, Spring 2023 Freak shows have been historically depicted as dehumanizing spectacles exhibiting individuals with physical anomalies. Over time, these shows faded away, but human curiosity and fascination with difference and deviance have brought them back in a new form. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Role of Art as a Strategy for Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Bogotá, Colombia : A narrative investigation of Colombian artists and victims

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Valentina Flechas Guzmán; [2023]
    Keywords : Art; Reconciliation; Peacebuilding; Colombia; Truth; Peace; Mercy; Justice; Arte; Reconciliación; Construcción de Paz; Colombia; Verdad; Paz; Misericordia; Justicia;

    Abstract : Due to processes of change, there has been an increase in reconciliation initiatives around Colombia directed at promoting spaces for human interaction and social reconstruction to be encourage. This repertoire of strategies nurture collective memory, individual trauma healing and communities’ transformation, and become a place for peacebuilding to take place. READ MORE

  4. 3. Swing Your Way to Happiness

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Carolina Pettersson Ruiz; Alexander Blitz; [2018]
    Keywords : Aggression; Frustration; Catharsis; Empowerment; Counterproductive work behavior;

    Abstract : How do individuals manage frustration in organizations and how can they use Rage rooms as an agency to relocate their experienced frustration into a performance enhancing intervention? The concept of Rage rooms does not only add to the present research, in the field of preventive mechanism of organizational aggression, but also overlaps with theories of Catharsis. The hypotheses are drawn from literature covering cognitive psychology and management theory. READ MORE

  5. 4. (S)examensarbete

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Cecilia Pfaff; [2016]
    Keywords : art; textile art; knitting; crochet; sex; sexy; sexiness; Instagram; selfie; performance; sun chair; craftivism; Dolly Parton; body; feminism; #xxxjobb; #123sexy; konst; textilkonst; stickning; virkning; sex; sexig; sexighet; Instagram; selfie; performance; solstol; craftivism; Dolly Parton; kropp; feminism; #xxxjobb; #123sexy;

    Abstract : Preface: Thank you to all the women in my life who have supported me through this process; to my mother, to my other mother (Susan), to Kara, to Jordan and, of course, to Dolly. Summary: (S)examensarbete is a journey through which I have questioned if knitting can be sexy. READ MORE

  6. 5. Listening to classical music – experiences and attitudes.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Aleksandra Liubomirova; [2014-08-05]
    Keywords : classical music effects; reactions on music; catharsis;

    Abstract : Why do we play music? Why do people listen to it? What does it do to us? This master thesis is an attempt to get a clear yet diverse picture of the effects that classical music has on a listener. It is a broad subject that has been discussed in philosophy and psychology for centuries. READ MORE