I den här uppsatsen undersöks hur vampyrer dör i TV-serierna True Blood (2008-2014), Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) och Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003). Genom närläsning och jämförelser mellan dessa olika sätt att skildra vampyrers död diskuteras vad detta innebär för den roll vampyren får i respektive serie, och vad det betyder för skildringen av kropp och kroppslighet. Jag använder mig av teorier kring skildringen av (mänsklig) död på film, samt för en diskussion i relation till bland annat Judith Butlers begrepp ”sörjbara kroppar” och Giorgio Agambens ”bare life”. Utifrån detta ställs frågor om hur vampyrer, deras död och skildringen av denna relaterar till de diskurser om mänsklighet som genomsyrar serierna och deras kontext.

This project is an interrogation of three examples from recent popular culture of girlculture, specifically texts that target young female consumers: the Spice Girls, Scream and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. These examples are fundamentally different than texts from earlier female targeted generic models because they not only reflect the influence of the feminist movement, they work on feminism's behalf. The project's methodology grows out of feminist film theories and cultural studies theories. One chapter is dedicated to each text, and each reading works to reappropriate girlculture texts for a counter-hegemonic agenda by highlighting the moments when each text manages to subvert its mass mediated conservative biases.

Dante's Inferno defined hell in Western literature for centuries; it was a physical place for sinners, they were subjected to physical torments, and it was in the afterlife. Dante’s depiction was firmly rooted in Christian theology. However, as fears and morals change, ideas of hell evolve as well. With the popularity of the zombie and other apocalypse narratives, these ideas return to the notion of physical torment and earthly places. In poetry, novels, theater, television, and film, writers examine different interpretations of hell, punishment, and redemption as metaphors for modern sins. In Sartre’s Huis clos, hell is a windowless room, and the tortures are inflicted psychologically by other people. In Romero’s Living Dead films, hell comes to earth, and the torments are both physical and psychological. Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer shows how hellish the common experiences of high school and growing up can be. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road examines hell as a lack of place, a relentless journey without end. In these and other works, the concept of hell is reinvented and replaced by new ideas, but the influence of the past iterations shapes the new landscapes.

Excerpt: Besides the lead character herself, the leather-clad vampire Spike -- introduced as the "Big Bad" in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS) Season 2 -- the most analyzed character in the Buffyverse.

<p>Denna uppsats studerar kultserien <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer </em>(1997–2003) utifrån ett schizoanalytiskt perspektiv genom att applicera tre huvudsakliga begrepp inom Gilles Deleuzes och Félix Guattaris teorier på sju avsnitt, en från varje säsong; dessa begrepp är Anti-Oidipus, begärsmaskinen och krigsmaskinen. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka huruvida vännerna i serien först och främst är en anti-oidipal familj. Den utgår från tre analysfrågor: Är de som en grupp en begärsmaskin? Är gruppen ”schizofren”? Utgör de tillsammans en krigsmaskin? Studien visar på karaktärernas samspel och sammanhållning som en grupp på ett sätt som visar att begreppet familj inte endast kan definieras av blodsrelationer utan av sammankopplingar vilka snarast är att beskriva som maskiner. Den finner emellertid att det också finns inslag av en oidipal ordning i skildringen av individers problem och lösningen av dem samt i en idealisering av det normala familjelivet. Den kommer därför till slutsatsen att serien i sig i en mening är ”schizofren”.</p>

Denna uppsats studerar kultserien Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) utifrån ett schizoanalytiskt perspektiv genom att applicera tre huvudsakliga begrepp inom Gilles Deleuzes och Félix Guattaris teorier på sju avsnitt, en från varje säsong; dessa begrepp är Anti-Oidipus, begärsmaskinen och krigsmaskinen. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka huruvida vännerna i serien först och främst är en anti-oidipal familj. Den utgår från tre analysfrågor: Är de som en grupp en begärsmaskin? Är gruppen ”schizofren”? Utgör de tillsammans en krigsmaskin? Studien visar på karaktärernas samspel och sammanhållning som en grupp på ett sätt som visar att begreppet familj inte endast kan definieras av blodsrelationer utan av sammankopplingar vilka snarast är att beskriva som maskiner. Den finner emellertid att det också finns inslag av en oidipal ordning i skildringen av individers problem och lösningen av dem samt i en idealisering av det normala familjelivet. Den kommer därför till slutsatsen att serien i sig i en mening är ”schizofren”.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2007. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Linda Karell. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-94).

Orientador: Rosangela Zacarias Machado / Banca: Matias Pablo Juan Szabó. / Banca: Mirela Tinucci Costa. / Banca: Odilon Vidotto / Banca: Rodrigo Martins Soares / Resumo: Este estudo foi realizado objetivando-se detectar e identificar a presença de material genômico de agentes pertencentes à Família Anaplasmataceae em 55 cães com inclusões citoplasmáticas encontrados em células leucocitárias granulocíticas, monocíticas e plaquetas, compatíveis com infecção por Ehrlichia canis, E. chaffeensis, E. ewingii, A. phagocytophilum, A. platys ou Neorickettsia risticii. A ocorrência natural de Babesia canis também foi avaliada pois vetor Rhipicephalus sanguineus, é o principal carrapato encontrado em cães no Brasil. Também objetivou-se realizar, através da utilização de técnicas de Seqüenciamento de um fragmento do gene 16S rRNA, a caracterização parcial dos fragmentos das amostras positivas encontradas neste estudo, e comparar as seqüências dos fragmentos obtidos com as seqüências apresentadas previamente no GenBank, iniciando a realização de estudos filogenéticos das seqüências encontradas. Amostras de sangue foram colhidas de 25 e 30 cães atendidos nos Hospitais Veterinários da Universidade Estadual Paulista-Unesp, Câmpus de Jaboticabal-SP e Universidade para o Desenvolvimento do Estado e da região do Pantanal-UNIDERP, Campo Grande- MS, respectivamente. Dentre as inclusões citoplasmáticas encontradas neste estudo foi observado uma grande diversidade na morfologia, tamanho, coloração e localização das inclusões. DNA de agentes Família Anaplasmataceae foram detectados em 45/55 das amostras sangüíneas examinadas (81,8%), sendo destas 32 (58,18%) e 13 (23,63%) positivas para Ehrlichia canis e Anaplasma platys, respectivamente. Dez animais que foram incluídos neste estudo por apresentarem inclusões citoplasmáticas foram negativos quando uma segunda confecção de esfregaço de papa leucocitária corada pelo Giemsa foi realizada, e também... (Resumo completo, clicar aesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the natural occurrence of Anaplasmataceae agents (Ehrlichia canis, E. chaffeensis, E. ewingii, A. phagocytophilum, A. platys and Neorickettsia risticii) using molecular techniques. For this purpose a group of fifty-five supposedly infected dogs from two different Brazilian states (São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul) that showed suggestive Anaplasmataceae agent intracitoplasmic inclusions in white blood cells and platelets were analysed. The natural occurrence of Babesia canis was also evaluated, because its vector is also Brazilian dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Sequencing of a partial phragment of 16S rRNA gene from the positive samples were performed to conduct phylogenetic study. The evaluated blood cells of the studied dog population displayed a wide variety in shapes, sizes, stain pattern and localization of the inclusions. Anaplasmataceae DNA were amplified in 45/55 (81.8%) examined blood samples. Thirty-two samples were positive for E. canis (58.18%) and thirteen for Anaplasma platys (23.63%). Ten animals were negative by PCR and an analyses of a second Buffy coat smear. The obtained nucleotide sequences were analysed for similarity of the 16S rRNA gene sequence using Blast with other sequences available in the GenBank database. The sequences obtained from E. canis positive were closely related to E. canis from Spain (Acession number AY 394465) presenting an identity percentage of between 94.82% and 99.67%. Sequences from Anaplasma sp and Anaplasma platys positive samples were closely related to A. platys from Venezuela (Genbank Acession number AF 399917) presenting an identity betwwen 96.52% and 99.69%, and A. platys from Spain (Genbank Acession number AY 530 806\0 presenting... (Complete abstract, click electronic access below) / Doutor

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