Essays about: "repression of feelings"

Found 4 essays containing the words repression of feelings.

  1. 1. Vanity, Grief and Mary Musgrove : A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Jane Austen's Persuasion

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Anneli Olsson Hagman; [2020]
    Keywords : Persuasion; Jane Austen; Mary Musgrove; psychoanalytic literary theory; grief; Freud; defence-mechanisms; repression; projection; unconsious;

    Abstract : The novel Persuasion by Jane Austen stands out from her canon partly due to the explicit reflection of society’s changing view of the British nobility in the early 19th century. The shallowness and alarming lack of responsibility displayed by the Elliot family is a representation of the growing opinion of the landed gentry being useless and not fit to lead the nation. READ MORE

  3. 2. "We always have a hope that one day we’ll go back”: A qualitative interview study of life and activism in exile

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Elisabet Ydman; [2018]
    Keywords : Exile; activism; Bahrain; repression; political voice; Hirschman; qualitative interviewing; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the aftermath of the 2011 Bahraini uprising, many activists were forced into exile. This thesis is based on Skype interviews with exiled activists from Bahrain, who continue to engage with activism in exile. READ MORE

  4. 3. Patriarchy and Masculinity in Doris Lessing's The Fifth Child and in Ben in the World

    University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Björn Sundberg; [2011]
    Keywords : patriarchy; patriarchal system; masculinity; masculine; feminism; feminine; gender roles; gender identities; repression of feelings; psychological violence; hierarchical structures; alienation; masculine attitudes;

    Abstract : The English novelist, Doris Lessing elucidates the rigidity of a society, which is based upon patriarchy, in her novels, The Fifth Child and Ben in the World. This essay illustrates the causes and the effects of a patriarchal system in the light of feminist ideology supported by Freud’s theories about the acquisition of gender roles. READ MORE

  5. 4. Fluidity and Solidity in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Linda Lindqvist; [2006]
    Keywords : fluidity; solidity; fluid; solid; identity; loss; memory; dream; gender; transience; feminine; masculine; traditional gender roles;

    Abstract : C-paper Abstract Title: Fluidity and Solidity in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping Author: Linda Lindqvist The purpose of this essay is to show that fluidity and solidity constitute a central tension on all levels in Housekeeping, and how this tension leads to a choice of either a fluid or a solid lifestyle and view of the world. I focus on fluidity and solidity in gender roles, in memories, in dreams, in nature, and in different perceptions of reality. READ MORE