Essays about: "Material enchantment"

Found 3 essays containing the words Material enchantment.

  1. 1. Becoming Raggare: Materiality Through the Car : A Sensory Exploration of Car Phenomenology Within the Raggar Subculture

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Sandra Gidlöf; [2021]
    Keywords : raggare; raggarbilar; materiality; sensore anthropology; Alfred Gell; enchantment; agency; anthropomorphism; embodiment; automobiles;

    Abstract : Raggare is a unique and rather understudied subculture within Scandinavia that emerged in the 1950s and has been vibrant since. They are noted for their affection towards 1950s American aesthetics and, most importantly, American vintage cars. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Enchantment of Noble Masculinity : A look at the material enchantment of nobility through the professional uniforms of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt in fin de siècle Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Hilma Persson; [2021]
    Keywords : Material enchantment; Fragments; Nobility; Uniforms; Ideal masculinity; Discipline; Whiteness;

    Abstract : The analytical framework of enchanted objects has mainly been studied in the fields of anthropology and religion, but can equally be applied to fashion and dress. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the material process of enchantment through the fragments of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt’s professional uniforms from fin de siècle Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Of chaos and internal fire : the quest for nothingness by lyrical manifestations of re-interpreted Gnostic thought

    University essay from Avdelningen för kultur-, religions- och utbildningsvetenskap

    Author : Robert Andersson; [2012]
    Keywords : Contemporary music; culture; extreme metal; Gnosticism; music lyrics; re-enchantment; Satanism; secularization; transgression.;

    Abstract : This essay researches the prevalence of Gnostic influences in contemporary music lyrics, more exclusively within the context of the extreme metal scene. A resurgence of such topics has also been evident in contemporary music; not surprisingly, as music in general is part of the foundations of culture, and in a wider aspect, of society at large. READ MORE