Essays about: "ghost"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 64 essays containing the word ghost.

  1. 21. An Analysis of Theories of Multiple Spin-2 Fields

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Fysikum

    Author : Joakim Flinckman; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Until recently, no consistent theory of more than two interacting spin-2 fields was known, except for a collection of pairwise bimetric couplings. In 2018, Hassan and Schmidt-May presented a theory with couplings beyond pairwise for an arbitrary number of fields in terms of vielbeins [1]. READ MORE

  3. 22. Strange Spirits : – Possession and the queering of gender and other social positions in Yuan Mei’s Zibuyu.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Maarit Määttä; [2020]
    Keywords : spökberättelser; ghost stories; Kina; China; Qing dynasty; queer theory; queerteori; genus; gender;

    Abstract : This thesis explores a Qing dynasty collection of stories about ghosts and other strange events written by Yuan Mei (1716–1798). The thesis focuses on a number of stories about possession of living persons by spirits, which are studied with the help of Sara Ahmed’s queer phenomenology. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Healing Power of the Ghost In Toni Morrison’s Beloved : An Analysis Through the Poststructuralist Lens

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Eva Yigit; [2020]
    Keywords : abject; Beloved; Derrida; deconstruction; écriture féminine; ghost; Kristeva; Morrison; motherhood; poststructuralism; semiotic order; spectrality; slavery; trauma.;

    Abstract : This paper utilizes poststructuralist theory to investigate the polysemic nature of the eponymous character Beloved in Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel Beloved. The ghostly, anachronistic presence of Beloved renders the text open to multiple interpretations and this essay sets out to explore the ways in which meaning is created and communicated. READ MORE

  5. 24. Contaminated and Scarred: An Exploration in the Landscapes and Narratives of the Anthropocene

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Laura Pietilä; [2020]
    Keywords : Landscape; Contamination; Toxicity; Narrative; Environmental Justice; Ecology; Visuality; Bikini Atoll; Teckomatorp;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I explore and analyse narratives around toxic and scarred landscapes. The aim of the thesis is to understand human views and experiences of anthropogenic environments through narratives of contamination and toxicity. Some concepts used throughout the thesis are landscape, heritage, ghost, and trauma. READ MORE

  6. 25. Analysis of Seismic Data Acquired in the Hverahlíð Geothermal Area

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Geofysik

    Author : Agnieszka Stoch; [2020]
    Keywords : Hverahlíð geothermal area; reflection seismic; virtual reflection seismic profiling; virtual shot gather; cross-correlation; autocorrelation;

    Abstract : Volcanic rifting environments, such as in Iceland, are challenging for conventional seismic reflection methods using active surface seismic sources. This study demonstrates the potential of a novel technique, called Virtual Reflection Seismic Profiling (VRSP) for imaging reflections in geothermal regions, like Hverahlíð, where a dense seismic array recorded a number of local microearthquakes for cross-correlation. READ MORE