Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Union Institute, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 400-415).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 440-478).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Western Institute for Social Research, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-11, Section: A, page: 4180. Adviser: Thomas Turino. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 358-373) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

Where does the soul go after death? This question is based on my ‘fear of ghosts’ and became the starting point of my degree project, which most obviously stems from our fear of the unknown.   In the age of technology, many people claim that they are atheists and think that everything has or will have a physical explanation. But the fact is that definitions of reality are always provisional. We can only have an imaginary concept of this mysterious land and open up to all possibilities of the afterlife. This project include ideas from mesmerism and use substitutes to represent paranormal ectoplasm in order to materialise immaterial ghosts. The installation represents scientific experiments by including laboratory features. I intend to discuss contemporary attitudes to the afterlife.

abstract: This dissertation theorizes nineteenth-century public performance of spiritual media as being inherent to the production of autobiography itself. Too often, dominant social discourses are cast as being singular cultural phenomena, but analyzing the rhetorical strategies of women attempting to access public spheres reveals fractures in what would otherwise appear to be a monolithic patriarchal discourse. These women's resistant performances reap the benefits of a fractured discourse to reveal a multiplicity of alternative discourses that can be accessed and leveraged to gain social power. By examining the phenomena of four nineteenth- century Spiritualists' mediumship from a rhetorical perspective, this study considers how female spirit mediums used their autobiographies to operate as discursive spaces mediating between private and public spheres; how female mediums constructed themselves in the public sphere as women and as spiritual authorities; how they negotiated entry into volatile and unpredictable publics; how they conceived of the vulnerability of the female body in the public sphere; and how they coped with complications inherent to Victorian era constructions of feminine corporeality. In conclusion, this dissertation offers a highly situated performative theory of subaltern publicity. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. English 2012

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:35:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-09-18Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:24:21Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 teixeira_mar_dr_assis_parcial.pdf: 96951 bytes, checksum: f66995be484123e095f185a88cdf2f95 (MD5) Bitstreams deleted on 2014-12-01T14:49:46Z: teixeira_mar_dr_assis_parcial.pdf,Bitstream added on 2014-12-01T14:50:24Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000707199.pdf: 1530807 bytes, checksum: 27475537407895ab5cc190298d73408e (MD5) / Tendo em vista a crescente importância dos estados depressivos na atualidade, e a conjuntura de relativa falta de consenso em torno do assunto no meio psicanalítico, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo explicitar os fundamentos que permitiram a formulação da teoria da melancolia apresentada no artigo Luto e melancolia (FREUD, 1917[1915]). Tratou-se, aqui, de analisar a formação da teoria freudiana da melancolia a partir de seus fundamentos, a fim de fornecer elementos conceituais mais precisos que contribuam a clarificar os problemas existentes em torno do assunto. A metodologia deste trabalho baseou-se na leitura, pesquisa e análise textual e conceitual do tema delimitado, nas obras selecionadas por meio de levantamento bibliográfico. O trabalho revelou que os fundamentos da teoria freudiana da melancolia são estabelecidos sobre um tripé formado pelo modelo etiológico das neuroses de transferência, pela aplicação de tal modelo às neuroses narcísicas (por meio da formulação do conceito de narcisismo e seus derivados) e pelo diálogo de Freud com seus discípulos, que contribuíram diretamente para construção de uma série de elementos que conformaram as proposições freudianas. Frente a isso, a teoria freudiana da melancolia está situada no entrecruzamento de um caminho teórico e clínico que leva das neuroses de transferência às neuroses narcísicas, e que culmina no estabelecimento da segunda tópica do aparelho psíquico. Os resultados desta pesquisa mostram que a formulação de Luto e melancolia, além de se dever ao desenvolvimento teórico da teoria freudiana, resultou, também, dos diálogos e intercâmbios advindos das contribuições teóricas entre os psicanalistas da época, e que possivelmente as divergências atuais podem ser o reflexo dos debates ocorridos naquele período. Finalmente... / From a consideration of the increasing importance of depressive states of mind today, and the finding of relative lack of consensus on this topic in the psychoanalytic milieu, this research proposes to recover the theoretical context that allowed the formulation of the melancholy’s theory presented in the article Melancholy and Mourning (FREUD, 1917[1915]). It is to analyze the foundations of Freud's theory of melancholia, in order to provide more accurate conceptual elements that contribute to clarify the problems that exist around the subject until today. The research methodology is based on reading and textual and conceptual analysis of the subject delimited in selected works from a bibliographical review. The study revealed that the foundations of Freud's theory of melancholia are set on a tripod formed by the etiological model of the transference neuroses, by applying this model to the narcissistic neuroses (through the formulation of the concept of narcissism and its derivatives), and by the dialogue between Freud and his followers, who have directly contributed to the construction of several elements that have shaped the Freudian propositions. Faced with this, it seems that the Freudian theory of melancholia lies at the intersection of a theoretical and clinical path that leads from transference neuroses to narcissistic neuroses, and culminating in the establishment of the second topical theory of the psychic apparatus. The results of this research show that the formulation of Mourning and Melancholia is due to the theoretical development of Freudian theory, and also resulted from the dialogues and exchanges between theoretical contributions coming from the psychoanalysts of his time, and the current controversies reflect the discussions that occurred during this period. Finally, it is expected that this research offers elements... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The proposal of this work is to think about how madness and its institutionalization happened in Uberlândia. This discussion involving madness as the thematic still is current and intriguing for all that it represented and still represents in our society. Doubts have appeared intensely around the great unknown that involves the madness. Which are the indications that evidence madness? Or even, madness really exists? Many other investigations are placed, also questioning the medical speech, that before was presented as winning, as also its practices and curative techniques. On the other hand, today we can observe how much the debates of other society segments had been important, because, in a way or another, they had not accepted the imposition of psychiatric knowledge. This research was originated from a vast documentation found in the Sanatório Espírita de Uberlândia, institution established in 1942 and deactivated in middle 90´s. They are 29 books containing innumerable handbooks of the interns from 1942 to 1959. In this documentation we find information about the reason of the internment, report from the responsible for the sheltered, theirs diagnostics and the prognostics, therapeutical methods used, among other informations. Having in mind these documentation possibilities of analysis, the field of reflection used in this research has as premise to work with complex speeches that had been elaborated about the insanity present in Uberlândia and understand how it made possible the institutionalization practical. / A proposta deste trabalho é pensar a loucura e sua institucionalização na cidade de Uberlândia. Esta discussão envolvendo a temática da loucura continua atual e instigante por tudo que ela representou e ainda representa em nossa sociedade. Dúvidas têm surgido de maneira intensa em torno da grande incógnita que envolve a loucura. Quais os indícios que evidenciam a loucura? Mais ainda, a loucura realmente existe? Muitas outras indagações estão colocadas, inclusive questionando o discurso médico, que antes se apresentava como vencedor, como também suas práticas e técnicas curativas. Em contrapartida, percebemos hoje o quanto foram importantes os debates de outros segmentos da sociedade, que, de uma maneira ou de outra, não aceitaram a imposição do saber psiquiátrico. Este trabalho de pesquisa nasceu a partir de uma vasta documentação encontrada no Sanatório Espírita de Uberlândia, instituição fundada em 1942 e desativada em meados dos anos 90. São 29 livros contendo inúmeros prontuários dos internos de 1942 a 1959. Nesta documentação encontramos informações sobre o motivo da internação, relatado pelo responsável do asilado, diagnóstico e prognóstico, muitos deles por psicografias, terapêuticas utilizadas, entre outras. Tendo em vista as diversas possibilidades de análise desta documentação, o campo de reflexão utilizado na pesquisa tem como premissa trabalhar os complexos discursos que foram elaborados sobre a insanidade presentes na cidade de Uberlândia e, como isto possibilitou as práticas de sua institucionalização. / Mestre em História