Essays about: "Subjectivity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 258 essays containing the word Subjectivity.

  1. 21. Gut Feeling : Art and Food Digested: Figuring a Post-Human Intestinal Turn

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Sarah Guarino Werner; [2023]
    Keywords : Post-Humanism; Post-Human Subjectivity; Figuration; Vital Matter; Vibrant Matter; Trans- Corporeality; Bodies of Water; Gut Feminism; Gut Feeling; Feminism; Posthuman Food; The Intestinal System; Stacy Alaimo; Rosi Braidotti; Astrida Neimanis Jane Bennett; Elizabeth A. Wilson; Cooking Sections; Climavore; Non-Bar; Sean Raspet;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to develop a new methodological concept better to understand art and curating in a post-human setting. Departing from a post-humanist ontology, my initial idea was to analyse contemporary artworks dealing with food and trace and substantiate a figuration of the gut/intestinal system (connected to post-human notions as the ideas of trans- corporeality, vibrant matter, etc. READ MORE

  3. 22. Intersectional Perspectives in The Bluest Eye and “Recitatif”

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

    Author : Victoria Helin; [2023]
    Keywords : Toni Morrison; The Bluest Eye; “Recitatif”; Intersectionality; white privilege; essentialism; white beauty standards; black female subjectivity;

    Abstract : This study examines intersectionality, white privilege and essentialism in Toni Morrison’s stories The Bluest Eye and “Recitatif”. Moreover, intersectional markers are taken into consideration to analyze how the characters are advantaged or disadvantaged in the white dominant society of the two novels. READ MORE

  4. 23. Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia : The Production of Subjectivity and Commodification

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Branko Ladan; [2023]
    Keywords : Neoliberalism; The Buddha of Suburbia; Michel Foucault; Fredric Jameson; Literature;

    Abstract : This essay aims to analyze the main characters of Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia. The main characters embark on a metaphorical journey against a backdrop of turbulent socio-political changes in 1970s Britain, ending with the emergence of neoliberalism and the rise of Margaret Thatcher. READ MORE

  5. 24. “I’m not a Final Girl” An intersectional character analysis of Jade in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw and its pedagogical implications in the EFL classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Jens Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : My Heart Is a Chainsaw; Final Girl; Intersectional Framework; identity; marginalization; alienation; empowerment; EFL classroom;

    Abstract : The following essay applies an intersectional lens to the character analysis of Jade, the main character in Stephen Graham Jones’ My Heart Is a Chainsaw (2021), as it aims to introduce EFL students to the principles of the intersectional theory framework. As Jade, as a way of dealing with her reality as an abused and marginalized young part-Native American adolescent, obsessively frames her real-life experiences in a slasher movie context, the novel explores the themes of identity, marginalization, empowerment through the way Jade sees herself in relation to the Final Girl: the archetypal female protagonist featured in slasher movies. READ MORE

  6. 25. Exploring Automatic Synonym Generation for Lexical Simplification of Swedish Electronic Health Records

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för hälsa, medicin och vård

    Author : Anna Jänich; [2023]
    Keywords : Lexical Simplification; EHR; Electronic Health Records; Swedish EHRs; patient records; complex medical terminology; synonym generation; synonym replacement; Word2Vec; BERT; NLP; ML;

    Abstract : Electronic health records (EHRs) are used in Sweden's healthcare systems to store patients' medical information. Patients in Sweden have the right to access and read their health records. Unfortunately, the language used in EHRs is very complex and presents a challenge for readers who lack medical knowledge. READ MORE