Universiẗat, Diss--Köln, 2005.

Individualiseringen som det postmoderna samhället resulterat i, har försatt individer i en otrygghet där dessa tvingats anamma strategier för att hantera det ökade ansvar som individualiseringen inneburit. Dessa strategier ämnar att ge mening genom att vara verktyg i människors identitetsskapande som därigenom minskar otryggheten. Strategierna förekommer i olika kulturer som föreskriver meningsskapande förhållningssätt. Medlemskapet av gemenskaper är individens egna aktiva val. Identitetsskapandets kärna sker i samvaron med andra individer. Denna samvaro har för många unga förflyttats till Internet där nya former av identitetsskapande möjliggörs. Dessa är lika verkliga som den fysiska världens identitetskonstruktioner. Unga personer söker sig till Internet för att finna strategier till att lindra otryggheten som det postmoderna samhället och dess utseendekultur skapat. Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka om den internetbaserade subkulturen kring ätstörningar var en form av ungdomars och unga vuxnas identitetsskapande. Uppsatsen belyser även skolkuratorers roll i arbetet med ätstörningsproblematik inom skolan. Uppsatsen har utgått från en abduktiv ansats där en innehållsanalys av 15 svenska bloggar skrivna av ungdomar och unga vuxna genomförts. 18 skolkuratorer har även responderat i en enkätundersökning med fokus på ämnet utifrån den professionella rollen. De teoretiska perspektiv som uppsatsen utgått från var socialkonstruktivism och Zygmunt Baumans teori om identitetsskapande. Uppsatsens studier visade att subkulturen var ett instrument för identitetsskapande hos svenska ungdomar och unga vuxna. Den pro-anorektiska identiteten sammanföll inte med den fysiska världens normer och gav inga trygga kontakter vilket försatte individerna i en ambivalens där otryggheten åter uppstod. Majoriteten av skolkuratorerna hade kännedom om subkulturen kring ätstörningar, men få uppgav konkreta arbetsrutiner med hanterandet av ätstörningsproblematik i skolan. Detta betraktas som ett viktigt förändringsarbete inom socialt arbete då professionen arbetar med unga individer som riskerar att utveckla ett ohälsosamt beteende med grund i subkulturens ideal.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1974. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 322-335).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 319-327).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [271]-279).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1972. / Bibliography: leaves 166-174. Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / Ana Caro de Mallén (c.1600-1645) wrote primarily comedias, autos sacramentales, and relaciones. Since she received monetary compensation for her autos and relaciones, Caro is arguably one of the first female professional writers to appear in Spain as well as in Europe as a whole. After exploring Caro's personal life and contextualizing her situation as a female cultural producer within early modern Europe, this study presents new readings of her plays and an examination of her relaciones in order to reveal Caro's consistent, albeit subtle, challenge to the patriarchal structures so deeply ingrained in the Spain of her day. In the play entitled Valor, agravio y mujer, the role of the gracioso as male friend to the protagonist Leonor is explored, showing how their relationship diverges from that commonly found in the comedia. In El conde Partinuplés, the use of the "invisible-mistress" plot is examined as a parody of certain elements of the typical "wife-murder" drama. While the relaciones are studied as independent texts, they are compared to other texts written by male writers about the same events, thereby revealing some of the ways Caro diverges from dominant representational practices. Although not a feminist in the modern sense of the word, Caro is certainly partial in her stance toward women in that her plays consistently highlight the dilemmas, frustrations, hopes and aspirations of her female characters. Likewise, in her relaciones , Caro does not refrain from commenting on the qualities of good leadership, the economic crisis in Spain, and the political tensions between Spain and countries such as France and Portugal. In this way, Caro succeeds in inserting her voice into a public sphere that often cultivated women's silence. Unlike Spain's other early modern women writers--who largely wrote either lyric poetry or religious texts from within the confines of convents--Ana Caro intervened in public and male-dominated areas by writing plays for the commercial stage and selling relaciones about major events.

Renowned Spanish author, Ana Mari­a Matute, lived through the violent and uncertain years of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the Franco dictatorship (1939-1975) that followed. Her writing is a reflection of the dysfunctional society that was left in the wake of decades of social upheaval and it serves as a greater metaphor for the national identity crisis Spain experienced in the 20th Century. The intent of this study is to demonstrate how trauma and memory influence individual and national identity formation in selected short stories by Matute. Little study has been done on the role of trauma and memory in this type of narrative despite the frequent presence of trauma in Spanish literature. Further, insufficient academic attention has been given to Matute's short fiction relative to her novels.The characters in Matute's short fiction are dominated by violent and antisocial behavior that results from living in severely fragmented environments where both physical and mental cruelty and the absence of the nuclear family are commonplace. Matute's characters that suffer from traumatic events frequently fail to recover their former identity and remain in posttraumatic states, inhibiting healthy personal development and involvement with others in society. The memory of traumatic events dominates their persona and the characters are unable to distinguish the past from the present, causing a crisis of identity. In addition, Matute's characters can rarely rely on the community at large or family for support; this further propels them into isolation and negatively impacts their sense of self. Although Matute's literature is fictional, one can infer the toll of the Civil War and the dictatorship on the Spanish nation and its identity.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1940. / Typescript. Includes abstract and vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [236]-240).

Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-02T00:15:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_9757_DISSERTAÇÃO VERSAO FINAL CRISTINA OLIVEIRA DOS SANTOS.pdf: 2587620 bytes, checksum: 826573c65de46133445fe1e7bf1ca70d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-30 / Esta pesquisa consiste em investigar a comunidade virtual do grupo Borboletas no WhatsApp que promove interação entre pessoas do sexo feminino com idades entre 10 e 35 anos que são pró-transtornos alimentares, as chamadas pró-anas e pró-mias brasileiras, adeptas da prática da anorexia e bulimia, respectivamente. O recorte desse grupo se justifica por elas serem mais ativas dentro das comunidades virtuais, interagindo com maior frequência e construindo vínculos sociais. Utilizarei a etnografia virtual ou netnografia para descobrir as visões de mundo, construções de identidades e relações de sociabilidade que estão sendo criadas pelas participantes, além da análise de redes sociais virtuais. Como resultado dessa dissertação foi possível concluir que as pró-anas e pró-mias têm conhecimento dos efeitos negativos desses transtornos em seus corpos e em suas vidas, mas acreditam que todo o sacrifício para conseguirem alcançar seus desejos de ter um corpo magro são válidos porque as afastam da lipofobia, uma forma de demonização da gordura. Além disso, o apoio constante das participantes nas comunidades virtuais mostrou ser algo tão forte a ponto de criar vínculos entre pessoas que outrora eram desconhecidas e que agora assumiram tal importância na vida das pró-anas e pró-mias que suas vidas giram em torno do transtorno alimentar e das amizades estabelecidas dentro do grupo Borboletas.