Essays about: "Music and Religion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Music and Religion.

  1. 1. Beyond the music : Exploring the Dynamics of National and European Identity in the Eurovision Song Contest

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Maja Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Eurovision Song Contest ESC ; European identity; national identity; popular culture; nation-building; Imagineering; constructivism; imagined communities; soft power;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how member nations manage their national identities within the supranational context of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) and the significance of the ESC in creating a shared European identity. Patterns of identification and attitudes relating to culture, ethnicity/nationality, religion/faith, and gender/sex are discovered by studying the winning submissions from 1998 to 2022 through content analysis and discourse analysis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Father Michael’s Gangsters: An Ethnography of Musical Community After Gang Life

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Genni Guglielmetti; [2023]
    Keywords : priest; religion; music; gang members; ethnography; interpretivism;

    Abstract : This qualitative exploratory case study covers Lebanon’s conflicted history that has left itspeople with unfulfilling history education. The purpose was to explore potential stakeholdersand possible factors to motivate participation in Lebanon’s process towards a formal historyeducation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beyond Crime and Space. How Quentin Tarantino conveys temporality and spatiality in relation to the characters in Reservoir Dogs

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Martin Ricksand; [2017-02-20]
    Keywords : Screenplay; adaptation; Quentin Tarantino; Reservoir Dogs; temporality; spatiality; literature; film; music; dialogue; actor;

    Abstract : In my thesis I examine how the screenplay author and director Quentin Tarantino uses the literary format of the screenplay to convey the spatiality and temporality of the characters in the narrative. I also investigate how the reader’s perception of these factors is crystallized, by contrasting the screenplay with its film. 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. Sounds of Mouridism : A study on the use of music and sound in the Mouridiyya

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudier

    Author : Filip Holm; [2016]
    Keywords : Mouridism; Mouridiyya; Sufism; West Africa; Senegal; Music and Religion; Islam; Ritual; Khassaida; Amadou Bamba; Gender;

    Abstract : The use of music in religious traditions is a complicated subject. Some say it doesn’t have any place in religion while others see it as an essential part of their spiritual life. How one defines music, and indeed religion, can differ greatly but both of these have played an enormous role in our world both historically and today. READ MORE