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En queer läsning av Bret Easton Ellis <em>American Psycho</em>
The novel American Psycho was first published in 1991. It recieved harsh criticism and was viewed as a work of heterosexism, misogyny and pointless violence. Despite the criticism, the protagonist, a wealthy serial killer yuppie namned Patrick Bateman, fascinated the readers. He …
En religionspsykologisk undersökning av Livets Ord som religiös minoritet i en sekulär kulturell kontext
… other religious minority groups. I chose to focus on Jewish identity in the American South and in Copenhagen, which showed that the individuals who were interviewed who felt that their Jewish identities were under attack became defensive. Ekman, however, ordered his members to …
En studie av American Psychos Patrick Bateman
My essay is an investigation of American Psychos Patrick Bateman. Why is Patrick Batemans identity one so easily described as shallow and superficial? I discuss theese questions from a marxists point of view putting Bateman in the context of Georg Lukács theories of reification …
En studie av Fjodor Dostojevskijs <em>Anteckningar från ett källarhål </em>och Bret Easton Ellis <em>American Psycho</em>
This survey aims to investigate and analyze how six teachers on a high school in Stockholm reflect on pedagogical aspects of problem based learning( PBL). The survey focuses on ana-lyzing how the teachers relate to the benefits and problems of PBL and how they reflect on the …
validering av den svenska översättningen och en studie av anhöriga till borderlinepatienter.
… part we analyse the Swedish translation of KIMS and we compare it with the American version that Baer and colleagues developed(Baer et al, 2004). Our focus is the factor structure, internal consistency, scale correlations and validity in relation to the already validated …
… order. The results of the case study of the empirical exceptions in the American context give Agambens theory validity. The exception is a reappearing phenomenon, which implies that the constitutional order is fragile. What then is it that makes the legal norms fragile? In this …
Representationer av bibliotekarier i detektivromaner
… master's thesis is a study of how librarians are depicted in crime fiction. 12 American and English mysterynovels featuring librarians in a central role were studied and analysed using character theory. Recurring traitswere identified and organised into themes. A number of …
Ett möte mellan två konstformer i Stanley Kubricks ”2001 ” a Space Odyssey? och Woody Allens ”Manhattan”
… music tradition whereas Woody Allen in ”Manhattan” uses music from the popular American music repertoire of the 20s and 30s (The American Songbook). The music, by various composers and in various idioms, in Kubrick´s films, works on a fairly abstract level in a sort of …
sju levnadsberättelser om skönlitteraturens betydelse för äldre ? en life history-studie
… from an individualistic and psychological perspective. I also refer to an American study which focus on reading development with roles readers take in different ages of life written by J A Appleyard. I use a Canadian paper which deals with reading fiction for emotional knowledge …
från psykoanalys till LSD med litteraturen som ramverk
… roman Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ? a Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1972). Citatet indikerar ett missnöje, först och främst över att vara människa. Men också, och kanske framförallt, över att vara människa i en verklighet man mycket lite kan påverka, och …
psykiatri vs. film
… gestaltning. Den hermeneutiska analysen görs på tre amerikanska produktioner: American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000), Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992) och Halloween(Rob Zombie, 2007). Analysen grundar sig främst på psykiatriska teorier av Robert D. Hare och filmteorier av …
In order to be a good teacher according to preferences from outside the school area, there are many different voices to listen to. The different roles that are assigned for teachers are colliding with the latest research from the pedagogical institutions and therefore the role …
Fysiska, Psykiska och Sociala effekter av arbete med vårdhund
Background: Pet therapy has existed as a concept since 1964 when the American child psychologist Boris Levinson coined the term. Nowadays Animal Assisted Activity (AAA) and Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) are both recognized concepts, and with progressed research the science of …
… Irwins verk, Scrim Veil ” Black Rectangle ” Natural Light, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, när det uppfördes på Whitney Museum 2013. Åtta recensioner bildar underlag för undersökningen där de partier som på något sätt hanterar hur recensenterna skapar mening av verket …
En religionspsykologisk studie av sista uttalanden på Texas Death Row
… a way of finding comfort in a dire situation, but also to belong to a larger American community through religious identification.
