This dissertation explores how the concepts of ambivalence, horror, monsters and mise-en-scène can be used to interpret the ambivalent predator-monster/victim relationship of the characters Sonja Daneel, Adele and Maggie Joubert from the film Wolwedans in die Skemer (2012). In doing so, this dissertation investigates how Noël Carroll’s The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart (1990) and Jeffery Cohen's Monster Theory (1996) can be used as a theoretical foundation to analyse and interpret the characters Sonja, Adele and Maggie. This research argues that within the horror genre, viewers are presented with two classic characters, namely that of the monster (often male) and the victim (often female), each with their own set of characteristics and traits that set them apart. However, I postulate that in Wolwedans in die Skemer these characteristics and traits are often blurred into one character, giving rise to a monster-victim ambivalence. This study also investigates the connection that the characters Sonja, Adele and Maggie have in relation to werewolves and to the characters of the Little Girl and the Wolf from the Red Riding Hood tales. Jones (2012:140) proposes that the wolf is the projection of her own inner predator - this suggests that the Little Girl and the Wolf can be seen as one character, a combination of victim and predator. Red Riding Hood can possibly be interpreted as recognising her inner self as the Wolf or a werewolf. A werewolf is a person who has been transformed, by force of will and desire, from a human (victim) into a predatory and monstrous wolf-like state. When women are werewolves, the traditional coding of horror - monster as male, victim as female, no longer applies. The "female werewolves" of Wolwedans in die Skemer each become, in some way, Little Red Riding Hood, Wolf, and Woodcutter fused into one. By analysing the characters Sonja, Adele and Maggie through the lens of the monster and victim with regards to the concepts of ambivalence, horror, and miseen- scène, it becomes clear that the roles of the monster and the victim in Wolwedans in die Skemer dissolve into one body, creating an ambivalent fluctuation between the two. / MA (History of art), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

This dissertation explores how the concepts of ambivalence, horror, monsters and mise-en-scène can be used to interpret the ambivalent predator-monster/victim relationship of the characters Sonja Daneel, Adele and Maggie Joubert from the film Wolwedans in die Skemer (2012). In doing so, this dissertation investigates how Noël Carroll’s The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart (1990) and Jeffery Cohen's Monster Theory (1996) can be used as a theoretical foundation to analyse and interpret the characters Sonja, Adele and Maggie. This research argues that within the horror genre, viewers are presented with two classic characters, namely that of the monster (often male) and the victim (often female), each with their own set of characteristics and traits that set them apart. However, I postulate that in Wolwedans in die Skemer these characteristics and traits are often blurred into one character, giving rise to a monster-victim ambivalence. This study also investigates the connection that the characters Sonja, Adele and Maggie have in relation to werewolves and to the characters of the Little Girl and the Wolf from the Red Riding Hood tales. Jones (2012:140) proposes that the wolf is the projection of her own inner predator - this suggests that the Little Girl and the Wolf can be seen as one character, a combination of victim and predator. Red Riding Hood can possibly be interpreted as recognising her inner self as the Wolf or a werewolf. A werewolf is a person who has been transformed, by force of will and desire, from a human (victim) into a predatory and monstrous wolf-like state. When women are werewolves, the traditional coding of horror - monster as male, victim as female, no longer applies. The "female werewolves" of Wolwedans in die Skemer each become, in some way, Little Red Riding Hood, Wolf, and Woodcutter fused into one. By analysing the characters Sonja, Adele and Maggie through the lens of the monster and victim with regards to the concepts of ambivalence, horror, and miseen- scène, it becomes clear that the roles of the monster and the victim in Wolwedans in die Skemer dissolve into one body, creating an ambivalent fluctuation between the two. / MA (History of art), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Ce mémoire par article s’intéresse aux relations entre les jeunes adultes non diplômés de passage en formation générale des adultes et leurs parents, en s’appuyant particulièrement sur le concept d’ambivalence intergénérationnelle. Il s’insère dans l’Évaluation réaliste du Programme d’aide pour favoriser le retour en formation des 16-24 ans (Bourdon, Bélisle, Yergeau, Gosselin, Garon et Thériault, 2011a), l’un des projets de recherche du Centre d’études et de recherches sur les transitions et l’apprentissage (CÉRTA). L’article découlant de ce mémoire a été soumis à la revue internationale Enfances Familles Générations. Au Québec, de nombreux jeunes adultes non diplômés, ayant interrompu ou non leurs études secondaires, privilégient la formation générale des adultes pour obtenir un premier diplôme du secondaire. Il n’est pas rare qu’ils rencontrent des difficultés les amenant à interrompre leurs études une fois qu’ils y sont inscrits. Afin de favoriser la diplomation de ces jeunes adultes, le Programme d’aide pour favoriser le retour en formation des 16-24 ans cible notamment leurs parents. La littérature scientifique montre que les parents peuvent avoir une influence notable sur la scolarisation de leurs enfants, que ce soit pendant leurs études secondaires ou postsecondaires, mais, du côté des jeunes adultes inscrits à la formation générale des adultes, les résultats sont plus timides. On sait par ailleurs que les relations entre les jeunes adultes non diplômés et leurs parents sont susceptibles d’être affectées, positivement ou non, par les différentes transitions de vie (décohabitation, fin des études, parentalité, etc.) vécues par les jeunes adultes, incluant notamment les transitions scolaires moins typiques. Dans un contexte d’allongement de la proximité et de dépendance des jeunes adultes vis-à-vis leurs parents, la question suivante est posée : Quelle est l’influence des relations parents-enfants sur le parcours scolaire des jeunes adultes non diplômés de passage à la formation générale des adultes? Le cadre d’analyse examine les relations parents-enfants sous l’angle de l’ambivalence intergénérationnelle (Lüscher, 2002; 2005; Lüscher et Pillemer, 1998). À la suite du cadre d’analyse, un objectif général de recherche est identifié : Comprendre l’ambivalence intergénérationnelle entre les parents et les jeunes adultes non diplômés de 16 à 25 ans et son lien avec le parcours lors du passage à la FGA. Celui-ci se décline en deux objectifs spécifiques : 1) Décrire l’ambivalence intergénérationnelle selon le type de parcours scolaire : a) les jeunes adultes étant passés directement du secteur des jeunes à la FGA, et b) les jeunes adultes ayant interrompu leurs études secondaires avant de passer à la FGA, 2) Identifier et décrire les formes de gestion de l’ambivalence intergénérationnelle. Pour répondre à ces objectifs, une méthodologie qualitative a été privilégiée. Par ailleurs, la technique d’analyse des données est l’analyse thématique séquenciée. Le corpus est composé de 30 entrevues semi-dirigées de jeunes adultes non diplômés de passage à la FGA lors de leur participation au Programme 16-24. Des données sociodémographiques ont été recueillies à l’aide de questionnaires. Les analyses montrent que les parents demeurent bien souvent impliqués affectivement dans la scolarisation de leur enfant. La plupart du temps, ils ne sont jamais loin derrière, que ce soit pour les soutenir et les encourager scolairement ou pour leur rappeler, voire leur imposer, directement ou non, leurs attentes scolaires. Aussi, les relations avec les parents des jeunes adultes étant passés directement du secteur des jeunes à la FGA présentent peu d’ambivalence comparativement à celles des jeunes adultes ayant interrompu leurs études secondaires avant de passer à la FGA. Dans l’ensemble, on observe la mise en œuvre des quatre grandes stratégies de gestion de l’ambivalence de Lüscher, mais la nature de celles-ci semble en grande partie dépendre du fait que le passage à la FGA se fasse en continuité à la suite des études au secteur des jeunes ou après une interruption significative de la scolarité.

This essay explores men´s relationship to training through a phenomenological understanding of bodily comfort and orientation. This is done by a survey performed with three men who identified themselves as feminist and continuingly exercise their bodies. The phenomenological understanding is then broadened by coupling the men's experiences to contemporary research on masculinity. By employing theories surrounding Sara Ahmed's view on phenomenology and Raewyn Connell's hegemonic masculinity, the essay shows that the men's bodily comfort and orientation is affected by the fact that they exercise. Through their training they construct bodies that in some aspects correlates with the conception of being in form, being fit. It also correlates with normative conceptions of masculine bodies. The conception of the fit body and masculinity is also explored through a view on norms of society. The feeling of incorporating social norms increases the men's bodily comfort, and give them a sense of being in control of their bodies. That they identified as feminist shows that they have an ambivalent relationship to their practitioner.

O estudo sobre o impasse que se dá nas análises pode contribuir para uma reflexão metapsicológica, que, por sua vez, alimenta a experiência clínica, principalmente nos casos em que estão em jogo importantes questões pertinentes à constituição psíquica, e nos permite um maior conhecimento das camadas mais profundas de nosso funcionamento. Nossa hipótese é a de que o impasse se dá somente pela influência concomitante da transferência do analisando e das reações contratransferenciais do analista. No estudo do caso do Homem dos Lobos, observa-se a forte presença de amor e ódio na relação entre a dupla analítica, sendo que esses afetos não teriam sido suficientemente elaborados e o que restou foi uma forte ligação do Homem dos Lobos a Freud, que perdurou no tempo, mesmo depois de tida como encerrada a análise. A posição feminina implícita no desejo homossexual de satisfação com um homem muito surpreendia Freud que via nessa atitude uma das maiores resistências à análise, sem que considerasse a possibilidade da existência de um desejo de castração que a posição feminina implica. De igual modo, o desejo incestuoso pela mãe, evidente na bissexualidade do analisando, não teria sido suficientemente elaborado em análise. Em troca, o que se estabeleceu foi uma relação de fascinação e idealização por parte do Homem dos Lobos, em que não existe lugar para a falta, e se recorre a defesas pela via do isolamento, da onipotência e da busca pelo duplo, diante das angústias arcaicas de aniquilamento. Havia uma alienação apaixonada em relação a Freud, que dificultou o processo de separação dos dois. Com a segunda analista, Brunswick, que se colocou como uma mediadora entre os dois homens, o impasse pôde em certa medida se dissolver e o Homem dos Lobos pôde elaborar minimamente os afetos e transferências de amor e ódio, que lhe deu uma certa independência e lhe possibilitou uma saída pela via da sublimação / The study concerning the impasse which appears in analysis may contribute to a metapsychological reflection which in turn offers elements for a clinical experience, especially in cases where important points pertinent to psychic constitutional issues are present. This allows for a greater knowledge of our basic functioning. Our hypothesis is that the impasse takes place only with the concomitant influence of the patient\'s transference and the countertransferential reactions of the analyst. In studying the case of the Wolfman, one can observe the strong presence of love and hate in the relationship between the analyst and the patient. The repetition of these sentiments were not sufficiently worked through and what remained was a strong tie between the Wolfman and Freud, which lasted for a long time, even after the analysis was considered ended. The implicit feminine position in the homosexual desire with a man astonished Freud who understood that this attitude was the main cause for the resistance in analysis, without considering the possibility that the Wolfman had a desire for castration implicit in the feminine position. Likewise, the incestuous desire for the mother, evident in the bisexuality of the patient, was not sufficiently worked through during the analysis. In exchange, what was established was a relationship based on fascination and idealization, with no space for lack, thus invoking defenses through isolation, omnipotence and the pursuit for the double, in face of archaic anguishes of extinction. There was a passionate alienation in relation to Freud which was the cause of their difficult separation. With the second analyst, Brunswick, who acted as a mediator between the two men, the impasse was broken to a certain degree, and the Wolfman could minimally worked through the attachment and transferences of love and hate, giving him certain independence and the possibility for a way out via sublimation

O estudo sobre o impasse que se dá nas análises pode contribuir para uma reflexão metapsicológica, que, por sua vez, alimenta a experiência clínica, principalmente nos casos em que estão em jogo importantes questões pertinentes à constituição psíquica, e nos permite um maior conhecimento das camadas mais profundas de nosso funcionamento. Nossa hipótese é a de que o impasse se dá somente pela influência concomitante da transferência do analisando e das reações contratransferenciais do analista. No estudo do caso do Homem dos Lobos, observa-se a forte presença de amor e ódio na relação entre a dupla analítica, sendo que esses afetos não teriam sido suficientemente elaborados e o que restou foi uma forte ligação do Homem dos Lobos a Freud, que perdurou no tempo, mesmo depois de tida como encerrada a análise. A posição feminina implícita no desejo homossexual de satisfação com um homem muito surpreendia Freud que via nessa atitude uma das maiores resistências à análise, sem que considerasse a possibilidade da existência de um desejo de castração que a posição feminina implica. De igual modo, o desejo incestuoso pela mãe, evidente na bissexualidade do analisando, não teria sido suficientemente elaborado em análise. Em troca, o que se estabeleceu foi uma relação de fascinação e idealização por parte do Homem dos Lobos, em que não existe lugar para a falta, e se recorre a defesas pela via do isolamento, da onipotência e da busca pelo duplo, diante das angústias arcaicas de aniquilamento. Havia uma alienação apaixonada em relação a Freud, que dificultou o processo de separação dos dois. Com a segunda analista, Brunswick, que se colocou como uma mediadora entre os dois homens, o impasse pôde em certa medida se dissolver e o Homem dos Lobos pôde elaborar minimamente os afetos e transferências de amor e ódio, que lhe deu uma certa independência e lhe possibilitou uma saída pela via da sublimação / The study concerning the impasse which appears in analysis may contribute to a metapsychological reflection which in turn offers elements for a clinical experience, especially in cases where important points pertinent to psychic constitutional issues are present. This allows for a greater knowledge of our basic functioning. Our hypothesis is that the impasse takes place only with the concomitant influence of the patient\'s transference and the countertransferential reactions of the analyst. In studying the case of the Wolfman, one can observe the strong presence of love and hate in the relationship between the analyst and the patient. The repetition of these sentiments were not sufficiently worked through and what remained was a strong tie between the Wolfman and Freud, which lasted for a long time, even after the analysis was considered ended. The implicit feminine position in the homosexual desire with a man astonished Freud who understood that this attitude was the main cause for the resistance in analysis, without considering the possibility that the Wolfman had a desire for castration implicit in the feminine position. Likewise, the incestuous desire for the mother, evident in the bisexuality of the patient, was not sufficiently worked through during the analysis. In exchange, what was established was a relationship based on fascination and idealization, with no space for lack, thus invoking defenses through isolation, omnipotence and the pursuit for the double, in face of archaic anguishes of extinction. There was a passionate alienation in relation to Freud which was the cause of their difficult separation. With the second analyst, Brunswick, who acted as a mediator between the two men, the impasse was broken to a certain degree, and the Wolfman could minimally worked through the attachment and transferences of love and hate, giving him certain independence and the possibility for a way out via sublimation

This study is based on fourteen months of ethnographic fieldwork that I conducted in Bor, a copper-processing town in Eastern Serbia. From the perspectives of “ordinary” people, this dissertation explores the process of post-socialist transformation through ethnography of the interconnections between the town (characterised by mono-structural economy) and the industrial company. After a prosperous period during Yugoslav socialism there was an economic, social, and symbolic decline of the copper-processing company followed by decay of the town and industry during the 1990s. This thesis captures the moment of political promise that brought a new horizon of hope for a better life and the promise of economic growth through the revival of the rundown industry. It captures the experiences of people who have had different encounters with existing attempts to revitalise and transform everyday life, in the context of the mutual revival of the company and the town. In this thesis I analyse people’s anticipations of their futures as well as the practices they invested in maintaining and realising their hopes (which I call the “work of hope”). I argue that ambivalence, which consisted of simultaneous coupling of hope with various other competing and conflicting sets of dispositions, such as risk, despair, entrapment, dismay, anxiety, frustration, and so on, was reflected in how people’s futures were imagined, conveyed, and lived towards. The first part of the dissertation focuses on how material objects, such as the renovated sites, the district heating, and pollution, appeared in my interlocutors’ work of hope and in their anticipations of futures. In parallel with this, the second part focuses on how the temporality of waiting and the work of hope played out in relation to gender, age, and generation among the people with whom I spent time. I argue that my interlocutors’ anticipations of futures and their work of hope resulted in reproduction of inequalities (in terms of gender, age, and class). I argue that in their encounter with the omnipresent industrial company that pervaded and constructed everyday lives, and through their work of hope, the state was encountered and reproduced and the social contract between the company, the town and the people was maintained. The analysis of how people in the industrial town of Bor played with and sought to reconcile ambivalence feeds into existing debates about how hope is read through, produced through, and articulated in relation to the material and social landscapes.

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L'ambivalence psychique, ou coprésence de tendances ou de désirs opposés, se reflète dans la langue par l'énantiosémie, qui est la coprésence des contraires. Freud en avait eu l'intuition en prenant connaissance des travaux du linguiste Abel. L'apprentissage du langage s'opère au moment de l'ambivalence entre fusion et séparation d'avec la mère et la langue en porte la marque profonde. Le désir est ambivalent et la sublimation s'effectue sur le mode ambivalent. L'énantiosémie de la langue s'avance masquée, comme l'Inconscient, mais reste sous-jacente dans le lexique, la syntaxe et la sémantique -en particulier dans le domaine de la négation- , dans la prosodie et la phonologie, ainsi que dans les figures de style. Elle est liée à la plasticité de la langue qui peut dire à la fois quelque chose et son inverse. Enfin, elle est au fondement de la pensée et de l'imaginaire. La poésie la magnifie dans l'harmonie des contraires, ce que révèlent quelques analyses textuelles.

<p>Involuntary childlessness is a big problem around the world. One way to solve the problem is to receive oocytes or semen from a donor. In Sweden, semen donation has been regulated by law since 1985 and oocyte donation since 2003. The aim of this study was to investigate what motivations women and men in Sweden have to donate gametes, if they feel any ambivalence to donate, and to compare if there is any difference in motivation and ambivalence between women and men. Motivation was measured with eight statements based on previous results and clinical experience. Ambivalence was measured with a scale consisting of seven statements that addressed thoughts and feelings about the donation. The participants in the study were donors at some of the seven infertility clinics in Sweden. The dropout rate for the sperm donors was 19 %. For the egg donors the dropout rate was 17 %.. The main result showed that the main motivation for donating oocytes or semen was helping childless couples. The significant differences between women’s and men’s motivations for donating oocytes or semen were that the women were keener to helping others, while the men to a higher extent wanted to do something important, spread their genes and find out about their own fertility. The oocyte and semen donors did not feel any particular ambivalence about the decision to donate, most of them did not find it difficult to make the decision, and they would have been disappointed if they had not been allowed to donate for some reason. The conclusions to be drawn from this study are that once the donors have decided to donate, they don’t feel any particular ambivalence about the donation, and women and men have different motivations to why they are donating, even if the main motivation is the same.</p> / <p>Ofrivillig barnlöshet är ett stort problem världen över. Ett sätt att lösa problemet är att ta emot ägg eller spermier ifrån en donator. I Sverige har spermiedonation varit reglerat i lag sedan 1985 och äggdonation sedan 2003. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vilka motiv kvinnor och män i Sverige har till att donera ägg respektive spermier, om de känner någon ambivalens till att donera, samt att jämföra om det är någon skillnad i motiv och ambivalens mellan kvinnor och män. Motiv mättes med åtta påståenden konstruerade utifrån tidigare resultat och klinisk erfarenhet. Ambivalens mättes med en skala som bestod av sju påståenden som behandlade tankar och känslor kring donationen, Deltagarna i studien var donatorer vid någon av de sju infertilitetscentra i Sverige. Bortfallet för spermiedonatorerna var 19 %. För äggdonatorerna var bortfallet 17 %. Huvudresultatet visade att det främsta motivet hos kvinnor och män till att donera ägg respektive spermier i Sverige var att hjälpa barnlösa par. De signifikanta skillnaderna mellan kvinnors och mäns motiv till att donera ägg respektive spermier var att kvinnor var mer måna om att hjälpa andra, medan männen i högre grad ville göra något betydelsefullt, sprida sina gener och få reda på hur det stod till med den egna fertiliteteten. Ägg- och spermiedonatorerna kände ingen större ambivalens inför beslutet om att donera, de flesta tyckte inte att beslutet var svårt att ta, och de skulle ha blivit besvikna om de inte fick donera av någon anledning. Slutsatser som har dragits är att när ägg- respektive spermiedonatorer väl har bestämt sig för att donera känner de ingen större ambivalens inför donationen, och män och kvinnor har skilda motiv till varför de donerar även om huvudmotivet är detsamma.</p>