Essays about: "fragmented self"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words fragmented self.

  1. 1. The Traumatised Self in Elizabeth Bowen’s The Heat of the Day : Analysing identity and trauma by using psychoanalysis and trauma theory

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Annette Brantlin; [2024]
    Keywords : Elizabeth Bowen; The Heat of the Day; trauma; war; identity;

    Abstract : This thesis examines individual and collective trauma in Elizabeth Bowen’s novel The Heat of the Day, published in 1948. The main purpose of this paper is to analyse how the duality of identities is portrayed, and which elements of repression compulsion and individual and collective trauma are present in Elizabeth Bowen’s novel The Heat of the Day by using elements from Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical theory and Cathy Caruth’s trauma theory as theoretical frameworks. READ MORE

  3. 2. A computational model of metapopulation dynamics and organism-mediated nutrient flow

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Amanda Hansson; [2023-08-07]
    Keywords : computational model; population dynamics; metapopulation dynamics; nutrient flow; simulation; spatially explicit; individual-based;

    Abstract : The aim of this project was to assess, using in-silico experiments, how different life history char-acteristics, such as age at maturity and dispersal ability of individuals, influence the dynamics of a metapopulation. To achieve this, a novel model of a spatially explicit metapopulation, with organ-ism-mediated nutrient flow between fragmented habitat patches, was implemented by means of computer simulations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Navigating Identities : Social Identity Formation of Afghan Male Refugees in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Ahmad Walid Haji Abdul Wali; [2023]
    Keywords : Afghan refugees; Social Identity Theory SIT ; identity formation; migration; social groups; hierarchy of salience theory; multiple; hybrid; globalist transnationalist and religious identities;

    Abstract : This study presents general themes concerning identity preservation and identity formation among Afghan male refugees living in Sweden and who obtained Swedish citizenship. This study is based on an ethnographic survey of habits and practices of Afghan refugees living in Sweden who in a process of transition must adjust their previous values and expectations as they confront often hostile surroundings. READ MORE

  5. 4. First blood: Menarche as the foundation for women's self-realisation

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Elena Iacovou; [2023]
    Keywords : Parthenogenesis; goddess-worshipping; religion; religious studies; rites of passage; liminality; existential health.;

    Abstract : Goddess-based civilisations worshipped the divine as a parthenogentic primordial creative force. Parthenogensis a Greek word that derives from parthenos “virgin” and genesis “from the beginning” was the path of liberation or rebirth into one’s divine nature. READ MORE

  6. 5. Play it cool - Understanding Consumer Identity Performances through Musical Taste

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Miriam Barbara Tröndle; Tsvetelina Rakova; [2022]
    Keywords : Bourdieu; Consumer Culture Theory CCT ; digital selves; digital world; Goffman; identity; fragmented self; judgement; legitimization; musical taste; music consumption; music-streaming services; selective self-presentation; symbolic violence; Spotify; stigma; performances; validation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Sharing music and displaying one’s musical preferences have become an inseparable part of the content circulating on social media, dating apps, and the online world as a whole. Accordingly, music-streaming services are providing users with more and more functions to share musical content on other platforms and even introduced summaries of their annual music consumption. READ MORE