To see the other types of publications on this topic, follow the link: Maya in Los Angeles.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Maya in Los Angeles'
Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles
Consult the top 50 dissertations / theses for your research on the topic 'Maya in Los Angeles.'
Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button. Press on it, and we will generate automatically the bibliographic reference to the chosen work in the citation style you need: APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, etc.
You can also download the full text of the academic publication as pdf and read online its abstract whenever available in the metadata.
Browse dissertations / theses on a wide variety of disciplines and organise your bibliography correctly.
1
Corrêa, Cláudia Maria Fernandes. "Ecos da solidão: uma autobiografia de Maya Angelou." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8147/tde-26082009-000822/.
Full textAbstract:
Este trabalho centra sua atenção sobre a construção identitária por meio da palavra escrita, refletindo sobre o passado por meio da narrativa autobiográfica I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) da escritora afro-americana Maya Angelou. Utilizamos a obra de Maya Angelou devido ao seu esforço pioneiro em confrontar abertamente seu passado e fazer de suas mazelas pessoais um meio catártico: descer aos infernos, ou à morte para retornar transformada.<br>This work focuses its attention on the construction of identity by means of the written word using the autobiographical narrative I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) by the afroamerican writer Maya Angelou. We have utilized the work of Maya Angelou due to her pioneering efforts to openly confront her past and use her personal challenges as a cathartic means to descend to the hells or to death so that she could be transformed.
2
Alsarhan, Jawaher. "Gender and Racial Empowerment in Selected Works of Maya Angelou." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2019. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cauetds/162.
Full textAbstract:
This study examines Maya Angelou as a powerful African-American woman in the twentieth century who impacted generations of African Americans. Her biographies and selected works speak strongly and wisely about gender and racial empowerment. This empowerment was sown in her childhood and could be traced throughout her life. It is also a fact that seldom does the realization of one’s race and gender take place at such an early age as with Maya Angelou. She was highly marginalized not only in terms of gender but also in terms of race with acute consciousness.
3
Jalal, Kamali Sima. "The caged bird sings on : the political voice of Maya Angelou's autobiographical oeuvre." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2018. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/78583/.
Full text
4
Micucci, Sonja. ""Blackness" och "Womanism" : Hur gestaltar Maya Angelous poesi den afroamerikanska språkkulturen samt kvinnan?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-177354.
Full text
5
Bartsch, Susanne. "The influence of male-female relationships on the self-development of Maya Angelou /." View online, 1988. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211998878769.pdf.
Full text
6
Santos, Marcela Ernesto dos [UNESP]. "Mulher e negra: as memórias de Carolina Maria de Jesus e Maya Angelou." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/94065.
Full textAbstract:
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0
Previous issue date: 2009-12-16Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:30:46Z : No. of bitstreams: 1
santos_me_me_assis.pdf: 757864 bytes, checksum: 6228de78c6143bf23c2d70acb679a080 (MD5)<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)<br>A produção intelectual do feminismo questionou as representações e os papéis sociais de gênero e também contribuiu para a evolução de uma perspectiva crítica acerca das múltiplas opressões que assolam as mulheres. Entre as minorias femininas que despontaram nesse cenário de articulação, as mulheres negras, com sua escrita engajada e muitas vezes marcada pela autorrepresentação, buscam se inserir no espaço acadêmico e conquistar o reconhecimento de sua obra literária. Nesse sentido, este trabalho pretende fazer uma reflexão crítica sobre a narrativa de memórias das escritoras negras Carolina Maria de Jesus e Maya Angelou, em suas respectivas obras: Diário de Bitita e I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Para tanto, levantamos questões relevantes do enredo e enfocamos o trajeto singular das protagonistas negras rumo à conscientização de uma realidade construída em torno das desigualdades de poder. Deste modo, num primeiro momento, refletimos sobre a condição dos afrodescendentes e sublinhamos a situação da mulher negra durante e depois do período escravocrata. Na sequência tratamos da questão da literatura confessional direcionando seu enfoque para as formas diário e memória, a fim de evidenciar suas congruências e diferenças no universo confessional. Por fim, empreendemos um trabalho de análise das obras, em que salientamos pontos importantes e discutimos as trajetórias de cada personagem rumo à autoaceitação.<br>The intellectual production of feminism questioned the representations and social roles of gender and contributed to an evolution of a critical perspective towards the oppression suffered by women. Among the minorities that emerged in this scenery of articulation, the black women with an engaged writing, and also marked many times by self- representation try to put themselves in the academic space and have the recognition of their work as well. In this sense, this work intends to make a critical reflection about the memoirs of the black writers Carolina Maria de Jesus and Maya Angelou, in their respective books: Diário de Bitita and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. For that we raised questions concerning the plot and emphasize the black protagonists´ peculiar course towards awareness of a reality built around unequal powers. So, we first consider the black people condition and underline the black women situation before and during slavery time. Secondly, we talk about the confessional literature focalizing the diary and memoir forms in order to make evident their similarities and differences in the confessional universe. At last we attempt to a work of analysis of the books where we point out important items and discuss the characters´ course towards self-acceptance.
7
Santos, Marcela Ernesto. "Mulher e negra : as memórias de Carolina Maria de Jesus e Maya Angelou /." Assis : [s.n.], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/94065.
Full textAbstract:
Orientador: Cleide Antonia Rapucci<br>Banca: Gizelda Melo do Nascimento<br>Banca: Altamir Botoso<br>Resumo: A produção intelectual do feminismo questionou as representações e os papéis sociais de gênero e também contribuiu para a evolução de uma perspectiva crítica acerca das múltiplas opressões que assolam as mulheres. Entre as minorias femininas que despontaram nesse cenário de articulação, as mulheres negras, com sua escrita engajada e muitas vezes marcada pela autorrepresentação, buscam se inserir no espaço acadêmico e conquistar o reconhecimento de sua obra literária. Nesse sentido, este trabalho pretende fazer uma reflexão crítica sobre a narrativa de memórias das escritoras negras Carolina Maria de Jesus e Maya Angelou, em suas respectivas obras: Diário de Bitita e I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Para tanto, levantamos questões relevantes do enredo e enfocamos o trajeto singular das protagonistas negras rumo à conscientização de uma realidade construída em torno das desigualdades de poder. Deste modo, num primeiro momento, refletimos sobre a condição dos afrodescendentes e sublinhamos a situação da mulher negra durante e depois do período escravocrata. Na sequência tratamos da questão da literatura confessional direcionando seu enfoque para as formas diário e memória, a fim de evidenciar suas congruências e diferenças no universo confessional. Por fim, empreendemos um trabalho de análise das obras, em que salientamos pontos importantes e discutimos as trajetórias de cada personagem rumo à autoaceitação<br>Abstract: The intellectual production of feminism questioned the representations and social roles of gender and contributed to an evolution of a critical perspective towards the oppression suffered by women. Among the minorities that emerged in this scenery of articulation, the black women with an engaged writing, and also marked many times by self- representation try to put themselves in the academic space and have the recognition of their work as well. In this sense, this work intends to make a critical reflection about the memoirs of the black writers Carolina Maria de Jesus and Maya Angelou, in their respective books: Diário de Bitita and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. For that we raised questions concerning the plot and emphasize the black protagonists' peculiar course towards awareness of a reality built around unequal powers. So, we first consider the black people condition and underline the black women situation before and during slavery time. Secondly, we talk about the confessional literature focalizing the diary and memoir forms in order to make evident their similarities and differences in the confessional universe. At last we attempt to a work of analysis of the books where we point out important items and discuss the characters' course towards selfacceptance<br>Mestre
8
Silva, Monaliza Rios. "Maya Angelou e suas afroamericanidades: o ritmo autobiográfico de The Heart of a Woman." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2011. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/6184.
Full textAbstract:
Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:39:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1
arquivototal.pdf: 2916482 bytes, checksum: cd60b020cd6d871b4df162ca92a2c279 (MD5)
Previous issue date: 2011-11-10<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES<br>This study aims at investigating the autobiography The Heart of a Woman (1981), by Maya Angelou, written under the discoursive strategies of a testimonial. One considers the discussions of both cultural identity (HALL, 2006), and liquid post-modernity (BAUMAN, 2001) in order to demonstrate the multiple identity of Maya Angelou, who is immersed into subjectivity. One also refers to both self-writing, and life stories statements presented by Foucault (1992), and Bourdieu (1996). Such authors discuss the quests of illusion upon writing autobiographical genres, once that they are not referred to referential point of views. Starting from concepts of autobiographies in the testimonial format, presented by authors, such as: Nara Araújo (1994), George Yúdice (1992), Joanne Braxton (1989), and Lyman Hagen (1997), one perceives that the autobiography herein referred to lies on discoursive strategies of chronicled testimonials, which is under the perspective of black women writing. These testimonials certify a register of memories in the text. Moreover, one observes a narrative aesthetics which dialogues with terms of music, for instance, rhythm, in The Heart of a Woman. On being so, one searches for a methodological approach which meets the aims before mentioned in authors, such as: Steven Paul Scher (1992), and Solange de Oliveira (2002) due to this rhythmic narrative. To do so, one uses elements of both textuality, and stilystics in language.<br>Esta pesquisa tem o objetivo de investigar a autobiografia The Heart of a Woman (1981), de Maya Angelou, escrita sob a discursividade do testemunho. Ao se utilizar das discussões sobre a identidade cultural (HALL, 2006) e da pós-modernidade líquida (BAUMAN, 2001), espera-se demonstrar a multiplicidade identitária de Maya Angelou imersa em suas marcas de subjetividade. Cabendo, ainda, a égide da escrita de si e das histórias de vida, teóricos como Foucault (1992) e Bourdieu (1996) problematizam a questão da ilusão de se escrever gêneros autobiográficos sob o viés da referencialidade. A partir dos conceitos de autobiografias de testemunho de autores como Nara Araújo (1994), George Yúdice (1992), Joanne Braxton (1989) e Lyman Hagen (1997), percebe-se que a autobiografia mencionada se estabelece na discursividade do testemunho em crônicas, sob a vertente da escrita de mulher negra que imprime um registro memorialístico no texto. Ademais, observa-se em The Heart of a Woman uma estética de narrativa que dialoga com a musicalidade. Desta forma, busca-se em autores como Steven Paul Scher (1992) e Solange de Oliveira (2002) uma abordagem metodológica de investigação de modo a demonstrar esta narrativa de ritmos, através da textualidade e do uso de elementos estilísticos da língua.
9
Santos, Marcela Ernesto [UNESP]. "Resistindo à tempestade: a interseccionalidade de opressões nas obras de Carolina Maria e Maya Angelou." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/123321.
Full textAbstract:
Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T16:53:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0
Previous issue date: 2014-12-05Bitstream added on 2015-05-14T16:58:57Z : No. of bitstreams: 1
000822828_20161205.pdf: 69648 bytes, checksum: ef0c57bdfdf326e255ab28238d28e5b7 (MD5) Bitstreams deleted on 2016-12-06T15:11:20Z: 000822828_20161205.pdf,. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2016-12-06T15:12:03Z : No. of bitstreams: 1
000822828.pdf: 771544 bytes, checksum: 2e449eebea6e7538bb49de8d1679feb5 (MD5)<br>Este trabalho, valendo-se da leitura das obras I know why the caged Bird sings(1969), Gather together in my name(1974), de Maya Angelou, Diário de Bitita(1982) e Quarto de Despejo(1960), de Carolina Maria de Jesus, tem por objetivo evidenciar a escrita autobiográfica como a forma de expressão que não apenas traz à baila relatos preciosos acerca das mazelas enfrentadas pelas personagens, mas também que sinaliza a tripla opressão vivida pelas mulheres negras. De fato a hierarquia de gênero, raça e classe direcionou as mulheres negras para a fronteira dos acontecimentos, forjando muitas vezes a verdade dos fatos, calando e subjugando as vozes afro-femininas. Nesse sentido, demonstraremos que a opressão por causa da raça, do gênero e da classe social influencia a própria condição existencial das autoras que, por meio de experiências traumáticas, têm suas identidades massacradas. Com o intuito de resgatar a identidade e a subjetividade perdida, Carolina Maria de Jesus e Maya Angelou escrevem e (re)constroem um eu que, mesmo fragmentado pelas vicissitudes da vida, é capaz de expressar seu grito por meio da escrita. Acima de tudo, a interseccionalidade de opressões torna-se a grande temática das obras em questão, e pode ser entendida como uma realidade social conflitiva e tensa, que se quer transformada<br>This thesis aims to take a reading of the works I know why the caged bird sings(1969),Gather together in my name(1974) by Maya Angelou, Bitita´s Diary(1982) and Child of the Dark(1982) by Carolina Maria de Jesus revealing autobiographical writing as a form of expression that not only brings up precious stories about the difficulties faced by characters but also signaling the triple oppression experienced by black women. In fact the hierarchy of gender, race and class black drove black women to the border of events, often forging true facts, subduing and silencing the afrofemales voices. Accordingly, we demonstrate that oppression due to race, gender and social class influence the existential condition of the authors who through traumatic experiences have massacred their own identities. In order to rescue the lost identity and subjectivity, Carolina Maria de Jesus and Maya Angelou write and (re) construct a self that even fragmented by the vicissitudes of life is able to express their scream through writing. Above all, the intersectionality of oppressions becomes the major theme of the works in question, and can be understood as a confrontational and tense social reality that is either transformed
10
Santos, Marcela Ernesto. "Resistindo à tempestade : a interseccionalidade de opressões nas obras de Carolina Maria e Maya Angelou /." Assis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/123321.
Full textAbstract:
Orientador: Cleide Antonia Rapucci<br>Banca: Kassandra da Silva Muniz<br>Banca: Jarbas Vargas Nascimento<br>Banca: Rubens Pereira dos Santos<br>Banca: Márcio Roberto Pereira<br>Resumo: Este trabalho, valendo-se da leitura das obras I know why the caged Bird sings(1969), Gather together in my name(1974), de Maya Angelou, Diário de Bitita(1982) e Quarto de Despejo(1960), de Carolina Maria de Jesus, tem por objetivo evidenciar a escrita autobiográfica como a forma de expressão que não apenas traz à baila relatos preciosos acerca das mazelas enfrentadas pelas personagens, mas também que sinaliza a tripla opressão vivida pelas mulheres negras. De fato a hierarquia de gênero, raça e classe direcionou as mulheres negras para a fronteira dos acontecimentos, forjando muitas vezes a verdade dos fatos, calando e subjugando as vozes afro-femininas. Nesse sentido, demonstraremos que a opressão por causa da raça, do gênero e da classe social influencia a própria condição existencial das autoras que, por meio de experiências traumáticas, têm suas identidades massacradas. Com o intuito de resgatar a identidade e a subjetividade perdida, Carolina Maria de Jesus e Maya Angelou escrevem e (re)constroem um eu que, mesmo fragmentado pelas vicissitudes da vida, é capaz de expressar seu grito por meio da escrita. Acima de tudo, a interseccionalidade de opressões torna-se a grande temática das obras em questão, e pode ser entendida como uma realidade social conflitiva e tensa, que se quer transformada<br>Abstract: This thesis aims to take a reading of the works I know why the caged bird sings(1969),Gather together in my name(1974) by Maya Angelou, Bitita's Diary(1982) and Child of the Dark(1982) by Carolina Maria de Jesus revealing autobiographical writing as a form of expression that not only brings up precious stories about the difficulties faced by characters but also signaling the triple oppression experienced by black women. In fact the hierarchy of gender, race and class black drove black women to the border of events, often forging true facts, subduing and silencing the afrofemales voices. Accordingly, we demonstrate that oppression due to race, gender and social class influence the existential condition of the authors who through traumatic experiences have massacred their own identities. In order to rescue the lost identity and subjectivity, Carolina Maria de Jesus and Maya Angelou write and (re) construct a self that even fragmented by the vicissitudes of life is able to express their scream through writing. Above all, the intersectionality of oppressions becomes the major theme of the works in question, and can be understood as a confrontational and tense social reality that is either transformed<br>Doutor
11
Söderlund, Veronica. "'Master of My Faith, Captain of My Soul' : Identity and Community in Toni Morrison's Beloved and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-23588.
Full textAbstract:
This essay is a close reading of the novels Beloved by Toni Morrison and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou with the purpose of analyzing the impact and role of the African American community in two characters’ formation of self. The aim is to contrast and compare the two chosen characters’ experiences with their respective African American communities and discuss common ground, similarities and differences. A postcolonial approach is applied to the analysis by using concepts and theory from Fanon’s arguments on the psychological effects on the oppressed, Cohen’s description of diaspora communities and Bhabha’s notion of hybridization and culture.
12
Contreras, López Catalina del Pilar. "Mapa de Recomendación de Uso de Ligantes Asfálticos Según Clasificación Superpave, Aplicado al Tramo entre Santiago y Los Angeles." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2007. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/104591.
Full text
13
Castaneda, Alisha Priolo. "Hues, tresses, and dresses examining the relation of body image, hair, and clothes to female identity in Their eyes were watching God and I know why the caged bird sings /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2010. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.
Full text
14
Silva, Fernanda Felisberto da. "Escrevivências na Diáspora:escritoras negras, produção editorial e suas escolhas afetivas, uma leitura de Carolina Maria de Jesus, Conceição Evaristo, Maya Angelou e Zora Neale Hurston." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2011. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=5717.
Full textAbstract:
A pesquisa apresenta um inventário das obras literárias produzidas por romancistas negras afro-americanas e afro-brasileiras, publicadas no mercado editorial brasileiro. Investiga como autoras afro-americanas Maya Angelou e Zora Neale Hurston e as afro-brasileiras Carolina Maria de Jesus e Conceição Evaristo, representam em suas obras as suas escolhas afetivas. Examina as experiências individuais das autoras, analisa como o tema da afetividade é tratado em suas produções usando como eixo central o trabalho comparativo entre as autoras escolhidas e investiga sobre a relação de gênero, raça x autoria na construção de intelectuais negras, tendo como fio condutor a perspectiva comparatista na narrativa literária<br>The research summarizes the works of some African-American female writers published in Brazil, in Brazils editorial market, and compares them to some Afro-Brazilian female writers. It analyzes how authors Maya Angelou and Zora Neale Hurston, on the one hand, and Carolina Maria de Jesus and Conceição Evaristo, on the other, introduce their affective choices in their writings. It looks at each authors experiences and how affection as a subject is dealt with in their literary work. The author does so by using comparative literature theory and by exploring how gender and race influence authorship in the making of black female intellectuals
15
Nichols, Dana J. "Y'all Go Out and Make Us Proud: The Commencement Address and the Southern Writer." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04242006-091038/.
Full textAbstract:
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2006.<br>Thomas L. McHaney, Pearl A. McHaney, committee co-chairs; Matthew Roudane, committee member. Electronic text (170 p.) : digital, PDF file. Title from title screen. Description based on contents viewed July 3, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-169).
16
Noble, Sandra Eleanor. "Maya seats and Maya seats-of-authority." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ38950.pdf.
Full text
17
Risedal, Olsson Karin. "The Caged Bird’s Free Flight : Analyzing Intersectionality in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with the Aim of Empowering Pupils in the EFL Classroom to Speak Out Against Inequality and Prejudice." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96422.
Full textAbstract:
The aim of this master’s thesis was to study the portrayal of discrimination that occurs because of multiple factors in Maya Angelou’s book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The analysis has been conducted through the lens of Critical Race theory as the theory draws on the affiliation between race, racism and power. The main focal point of this essay was the intersectionality of race, gender and social class. The results of this study showed recurring events in which the characters in the book are marginalized. However, the study also showed the resilience and resistance the characters manifests in their exertion for an equal society. Additionally, this Master’s thesis addressed how the English as a Foreign Language classroom with the inclusion of Caged Bird and the usage of Critical Race pedagogy can start a development of fundamental values such as equality and gender roles whilst diminishing prejudice.
18
Carlberg, Zoe R. "Walking Los Angeles." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/55.
Full textAbstract:
This paper is about my experience walking through Los Angeles County. My principal motivations were to explore what it means to be a pedestrian in an urban landscape that generally does not recognize walkers and to give value to often overlooked spaces. The paper includes a brief history of the Los Angeles region, methodology, an analysis of some other art projects that have been done about walking, and a vignette of the experience.
19
Jackson-Brown, Grace. "Media coverage of South Central Los Angeles "The Los Angeles Times" and "The Los Angeles Sentinel", 1990-2000 /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3167277.
Full textAbstract:
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Journalism, 2005.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Dec. 3, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-03, Section: A, page: 0801. Chairperson: Dan Drew.
20
Anteryd, Linn. "African-American English i direkt anföring : Etta James självbiografi översatt till svenska – att anpassa översättningen efter en varietet som inte har någon motsvarighet på svenska." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för nordiska språk, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-260105.
Full textAbstract:
Detta examensarbete är indelat i tre delar. Examensarbetet består av en översättning av tre kapitel ur Etta James självbiografi Rage to survive: the Etta James story skriven av James och spökförfattaren David Ritz, samt ett kapitel om vilka textspecifika översättningsproblem som uppstod vid översättningen. Den tredje delen består av en djupanalys av hur varieteten African-American English (AAE) översatts i två andra verk, nämligen I know why the caged bird sings av Maya Angelou och The bluest eye av Toni Morrison där översättningarna av dessa verk jämförs med min översättning av Rage to survive: the Etta James story. Djupanalysens syfte är att undersöka hur många talspråksmarkörer som finns i de ovannämnda verken, samt hur många av dessa markörer är specifika för AAE. Dessutom används Englund Dimitrovas varietetsskala (2001). Detta för att undersöka huruvida måltexterna ligger på skalan i relation till källtexterna genom mängden talspråksmarkörer. Översättningen genomfördes med målet att ligga så nära källtextens stil som var möjligt med hänsyn till målspråkets grammatiska regler och förutsättningar. Detta för att kunna erbjuda den målspråklige läsaren en likvärdig effekt som läsaren av källtexten. För att uppfylla detta mål fick en del kompromisser göras.<br>This thesis is divided into three main parts. It consists of a translation of three chapters from Etta James’ autobiography named Rage to survive: the Etta James story, written by James herself and ghost writer David Ritz. The thesis also features a part involving the issues that arose when I translated Rage to survive: the Etta James story and how I solved these issues. The third and final part consists of an analysis of how African-American English (AAE) has been translated in two other novels in the past, namely I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison’s The bluest eye. I compare the translations of these two novels with my own translation of Rage to survive: the Etta James story in the analysis where I strive to gain insight into the norms for translating spoken varieties. The translation was carried out with the purpose of maintaining the stylistic and informal markers as intact as possible while at the same time adhering to the grammatical prerequisites of the target language (Swedish).<br><p>Översättningen är borttagen ur den publicerade versionen i fulltext i DiVA (denna version) på grund av upphovsrätten.</p><p>The translation has been removed from the published version of the essay in DiVA due to copyright.</p>
21
Murphy, John Todd. "Approaching Maya polities from the side: Models of classic Maya political structure." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278726.
Full textAbstract:
Maya scholars have proposed models of Maya political organization that range from small, independent, autonomous polities, to large centralized states. This essay examines a series of cross-cultural models (Feudal models, Peer-Polity Interaction, Galactic Politics, Theatre States, Segmentary States, a 'Dynamic' model, and recent speculations by Yoffee (1993)) and asks how they have been applied to the Maya area, in what ways they are similar or different, how they have been applied in other areas, and how they have been treated by Maya scholars. These models share many elements, and this has resulted in some confusion in the literature; this essay attempts to resolve this confusion and to discuss the implications of the relationships among the models. It is suggested that notions of 'power' and 'control' are poorly defined, and for the Maya little understood, and that archaeological definitions of political organization must differ from anthropological models.
22
Kidder, Emily. "Prominence in Yucatec Maya: The Role of Stress in Yucatec Maya Words." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293432.
Full textAbstract:
Yucatec Maya (YM) is an indigenous language of Mexico that features both phonemic tonal distinctions and phonemic vowel length. These features are primarily associated with the phonetic cues of pitch and duration, which are also considered the primary correlates of stress in language. Though scholars have noted the existence of stress or accent since it was first documented centuries ago, no detailed account of stress as either a separate or related entity to tone or length has been made. This dissertation presents a unique view into YM prosody by looking at loan word incorporation in conjunction with native speaker intuitions, and production data. A case study of Spanish loan words into Yucatec finds that when Spanish words are incorporated into the YM prosodic system, the initial syllable undergoes lengthening. Statistical analyses performed on data from native speaker intuitions and production data, however, find no concrete pattern of obligatory stress on the word level in Yucatec Maya words.
23
See, Mackenzie. "Twentieth Century Maya Worldview." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5862.
Full textAbstract:
Maya Folktales offer insight into how twentieth century Maya worldview is a hybrid of indigenous Maya and European beliefs. Analysis was conducted on twenty-eight Maya folktales from the highlands of Guatemala found in folklore anthologies. Stories like The Spirits of the Dead in folklore anthologies can reveal new perspectives on how the Maya feel about rituals spaces, the fabric that separates the land of the dead from the land of the living, and the importance of showing respect to the dead in one's community. Other stories, show the connection the Maya feel with their heritage and the connection they feel with the area where their ancestors lived. Twentieth century Maya folktales can provide insight into how the Maya view their landscape, including the realm of the dead as a part of the physical landscape and the belief that the landscape itself is a living spiritual entity.<br>M.A.<br>Masters<br>Anthropology<br>Sciences<br>Anthropology
24
Bair, Daniel Aaron. "The Dirt on the Ancient Maya: Soil Chemical Investigations of Ancient Maya Marketplaces." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2121.
Full textAbstract:
Various criteria or lines of evidence have been used to identify ancient Maya marketplaces, including location near trade routes, artifactual evidence of trade, open space adjacent to transportation routes, proximity to public structures, low platforms and rock alignments to denote market spaces, and regular patterns in soil and floor chemical concentrations. Seibal and Mayapán were important economic Maya polities controlling the trade routes at the apex of their civilizations. The objectives of these studies were to apply geochemical and geospatial analyses of the soils and floors from public plazas and household patios, to discover the anthropogenic chemical residues of phosphorus (P) and heavy metals associated with the trade of foodstuffs and workshop items that may have been marketed there. Public access, causeways, reservoirs and a pattern of high P and metal concentrations are consistent with marketing of organic foodstuffs and workshop items within suspected marketplaces of each site. In contrast, geochemical patterns of the soils and floors of household structures are consistent with ceremonial and household activities.
25
Diaz, David. "A discrete hollow---Los Angeles." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1588598.
Full textAbstract:
<p> “A Discrete Hollow” is a collection of work that spans the past three years of my life. This project involves itself with the discussion of isolation, and our resulting growth as sentient humans; this is painted upon the Los Angeles cityscape. Within my project’s boundaries isolation resides in the banter of the cosmos as origin or expiry; in the anomaly of vagrancy; within a disjointed paternal and struggle for a permanent memory. These poems are shaped around the identity that is developed through separateness, and the reason discovered in uncertainty. This body of work is conjoined to Los Angeles as an inescapable coercion and background, and my poetry attempts to link identity through experience. This project is focused on the location of a unique self in a city that is founded upon facelessness.</p>
26
Botto, Malcolm Miguel. "Music and the Modern Maya: A Reception Study of Rock-Maya Music in Guatemala." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2554.pdf.
Full text
27
Leffler, Otto. "Automatic Character Rigging in Maya." Thesis, University of Gävle, Ämnesavdelningen för datavetenskap, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-4740.
Full textAbstract:
<p>Detta arbete kommer att handla om att skapa ett system för att automatiseraprocessen att skapa en karaktärsrig i programmet Maya. Med hjälp av programmets inbyggda programmeringsspråk MEL kommer systemet, via ett grafiskt gränssnitt, skapa just det resultat som användaren efterfrågar.Resultatet är ett verktyg som kan skapa en komplett karaktärsrig på under 3 minuters tid! Ett arbete som annars kan ta flera dagar.</p>
28
Goodall, Rosemary Anne. "Spectroscopic studies of Maya pigments." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16958/.
Full textAbstract:
The Maya of Central America developed a complex society: among their many achievements they developed a writing system, complex calendar and were prolific builders. The buildings of their large urban centres, such as Copan in Honduras, were decorated with painted stucco, moulded masks, carving and elaborate murals, using a range of coloured pigments. In this study the paints used on the buildings of Copan and some ceramic sherds have been investigated, non-destructively, using micro-Raman spectroscopy, micro-ATR infrared spectroscopy, environmental scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (ESEM-EDX) and FTIR-ATR imaging spectroscopy. The paint samples come from four buildings and one tomb covering three time periods in the four hundred year history of Copan. The main pigment used in the red paint on these samples was identified as haematite, and the stucco as a mixture of calcite particles dispersed throughout a calcite-based lime wash stucco. The composition and physical nature of the stucco changed through time, indicating a refining of production techniques over this period. A range of minor mineral components have been identified in each of the samples including rutile, quartz, clay and carbon. The presence and proportion of these and other minerals differed in each sample, leading to unique mineral signatures for the paint from each time period.
Green and grey paints have also been identified on one of the buildings, the Rosalila Temple. The green pigment was identified as a celadonite-based green earth, and the grey pigment as a mixture of carbon and muscovite. The combination of carbon and mica to create a reflective paint is a novel finding in Maya archaeology. The high spatial resolution of the micro-FTIR-ATR spectral imaging system has been used to resolve individual particles in tomb wall paint and to identify their mineralogy from their spectra. This system has been used in combination with micro-Raman spectroscopy and ESEM-EDX mapping to characterize the paint, which was found to be a mixture of haematite and silicate particles, with minor amounts of calcite, carbon and magnetite particles, in a sub-micron haematite and calcite matrix. The blending of a high percentage of silicate particles into the haematite pigment is unique the tomb sample. The stucco in this tomb wall paint has finely ground carbon dispersed throughout the top layer providing a dark base for the paint layer. Changing paint mixtures and stucco composition were found to correlate with changes in paint processing techniques and building construction methods over the four hundred years of site occupation.
29
Kettunen, Harri J. "Nasal motifs in Maya iconography." Diss., Helsinki : Helsinki University Printing House, 2005. http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/hum/renva/vk/kettunen/.
Full text
30
Barrett, Edward Rush. "A grammar of Sipakapense Maya /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full text
31
Graham, Joyce L. "Freeing Maya Angelou's Caged Bird." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37239.
Full textAbstract:
This study involves a comprehensive examination of one book, Maya Angelou's autobiographical I Know Why Why the Caged Bird Sings, since it was first published in 1970. Recognized as an important literary work, the novel is used in many middle and secondary school classrooms throughout the united States. Additionally, the work often is challenged in public schools on the grounds of its sexual and/or racial content.
The purpose of this study included establishing the importance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as a significant literary work; documenting how and why the book is used in schools; recording the censorship history of the book and preparing a case study as an example of how censorship complaints can arise and how they can be handled. Additionally, this dissertation includes the interview responses of the book's author to various issues dealt with in this study.
In this study, the researcher examined the reception of the book by reviewers at the time of publication and the literary criticism written about the book during the past twenty years. After examining the literary merits of the book, the researcher established the context in which the book came to be included in school classrooms. An historical account of the censorship challenges raised against the book is included. Finally, a case study is used as a point of reference to illustrate how a censorship challenge might come about when Maya Angelou's book is used in schools.<br>Ph. D.
32
Huckert, Chantal. "Constellations textiles : la leçon Maya." Paris, EHESS, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1991EHES0319.
Full textAbstract:
L'objectif de ce travail est d'analyser et interpreter les figures textiles mayas (c'est a dire, les representations de certains decors textiles), de l'epoque classique. Ayant-disparu physiquement, les tissus existent sous la forme de representations sur les monuments et les ceramiques. L'interet est de connaitre la fonction et la signification de leurs decors en tant qu'ils font partie de la representation dans son ensemble. J'ai choisi des exemples qui me permettent d'etudier les figures textiles dans un contexte epigraphique. La these comprend six chapitres organises conformement au reperage et a la classification des figures. Chaque chapitre est centre sur des figures repetees selon un patron specifique. Dans chacun des chapitres j'examine le cas des figures qu'il comprend et les materiaux iconographiques, stela, linteau, ceramique, qui leur sont rattaches. J'analyse ces representations en tant que plan et tableau et je signale les donnees historiques. Par consequent je puis lire ou rapporter les figures aux entites divines, aux toponymes et aux rituels, indiques dans l'iconographie et l'epigraphie correspondantes. Dans la conclusion a chaque fin de chapitre je reprends les resultats des enquetes specifiques et ebauche ce qui constituera un lexique de figures textiles. Une conclusion commune aux six chapitres preconise l'etude particuliere de chaque site de provenance<br>This work takes as its central objective the interpretation and analysis of mayan textiles figures (that is, representations of various patterns of textiles), of the classic epoch. Not having survived as actual fabrics, the textiles appear primarily in the form of monumental and ceramic representations. My interest is to know what are the function and the meaning of the textiles figures within the representation as a whole. Have selected examples which permit me to study the figures within an epigraphic context. The dissertation comprises six chapters which are organized according to the location and classification of the figures. Each chapter focuses on designs repeated in a specific pattern. In each one examine the case of the respective figures and the iconographic materials-stela, lintel, ceramic, which pertain to them. Analysed these representations as a plan, as a picture and as an object having historical significance. Consequently am able to read or reference the figures in terms of their relationship to the divines entities, toponymes and rituals, indicated in the iconography and epigraphy to which they correspond. In the conclusion of each chapter review the results of these specific studies and then outline what will constitute a lexicon of textiles figures. A comprehensive conclusion of the six chapters recommend the particular study of each site of provenance
33
Pasquini, Bianca BP. "Re-Weaving The Maya Identity." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1084507938.
Full text
34
Flaaten, Marcus. "Efficient polygon reduction in Maya." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-121687.
Full textAbstract:
Reducing the number of vertices in a mesh is a problem that if solved correctly can save the user a lot of time in the entire process of handling the model. Most of the solutions today are focused on reducing the mesh in one big step by running a separate application. The goal of this implementation is to bring the reduction application into the users workspace as a plugin. Many of the modellers in the various computer graphics industries use Autodesk Maya the plugins intention is to create a efficient tool which also give the modellers as much freedom as possible without the need to ever leave Mayas workspace. During the process the possible issues and solutions of creating this tool in Maya will also examined to help introduce the process of creating a tool for Maya. This plugin has the potential to improve on the existing reduction tool in Maya by giving the user more options and a more exact solution.
35
South, Katherine. "Monkeying around the Maya region : a four-field look at primate iconography and the Maya /." Available to subscribers only, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1083538381&sid=5&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full text
36
Bentlin, Felix [Verfasser], Angela [Akademischer Betreuer] Million, Angela [Gutachter] Million, and Mara [Gutachter] Pinardi. "Die Berliner Stadterweiterung : Entwurf und Wandel des Bebauungsplans von 1862 / Felix Bentlin ; Gutachter: Angela Million, Mara Pinardi ; Betreuer: Angela Million." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1194059333/34.
Full text
37
Watson, Jonathan Leslie. "The Los Angeles NAACP, 1914-1949." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.420499.
Full textAbstract:
This thesis is an examination of the development of the Los Angeles branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during the first half the twentieth century. It charts the progress of the branch from its founding in 1914, to the departure of its fifth president in 1949. The pwpose of this thesis is to re-evaluate the role of the Los Angeles NAACP within two contexts: the history of twentieth century black Los Angeles and the history of the NAACP. In the former, the branch has long been considered a force of moderate conservatism within the black community, in the latter, the role of branches has been viewed as an issue of minor importance in charting the development of the organisation. By focussing on the branch, this thesis challenges these constructions. In the local context, it argues that the Los Angeles NAACP was less conservative and more pro-active than historians of black Los Angeles have given it credit for. Further, the history of the branch demonstrates a continuity of activism and protest in the city unmatched by any of its rivals. Within the context of the NAACP, the history of the branch helps construct a better understanding of how the organisation worked as a national network; it charts how the local branch responded to national policy, but also how the concerns and character of black Los Angeles framed the branch's activism and conception of itself within the national organisation. The thesis is divided into five chapters: the first examines the foundation of the branch; chapter two explores the impact of the ''New Negro" philosophy on branch activism in the 1920s; the third chapter details the branch's response to the Great Depression; chapter four charts the response of the branch to the challenges brought by the Second World War and chapter five explores the divisive conflict over leadership and communism that nearly destroyed the branch in 1948 and 1949
38
Lee, Weifeng Victoria. "Detour : Los Angeles River Speed Cinema." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/57978.
Full textAbstract:
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2010.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-163).<br>We live in the culture of speed; everything is on its way to become a faster version of itself tomorrow if it is not already there today. Automobile and cinema are two inventions at the turn of the 20th Century that brought upon entirely new sensations through their unprecedented speed in both physical and representational mobility. However, more than a century later in Los Angeles, a city where cars and movies have been inculcated in the popular imagination, decelerating to a complete halt or even nonexistence is the modus operandi of late. Today's LA. is full of cars with no where to drive them really fast; brimmed with cinematic mementos but no real place to watch a film. It does not help that most of the architecture associated with driving and movie-watching is meant to be experienced when slowed down, not sped up. It is time to pick up the pace. This thesis proposes a new cinema typology that amalgamates the physical speed of cars and the representational speed of films through a re-imagination of the mundane activities of driving and movie-watching in the Flood Control Channel in downtown Los Angeles.<br>by Weifeng Victoria Lee.<br>M.Arch.
39
Vallen, Michael Earl. "Housing...the Hillside, Los Angeles, California." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36539.
Full textAbstract:
This Thesis is a proposal for a prototypical hillside housing community in Los Angeles, California. As a prototype it is responsible for setting an architectural precedent. In this effort, the Thesis continues with focus on issues of construction methodology, urban planning, and land use relationships concerning the present city.
Being clear and uncomplicated is the driving force of this architectural process. On the horizon is the 21st Century. Architecture has become increasingly convoluted rather than enlightened. Here, I have focused my attentions on developing a technologically based, material-driven, compassionate solution to answer the issue of housing on the hillsides of Los Angeles. I have realized a clear system of building using uncomplicated technology and material. However, as demonstrated, this system of building provides only an envelope for space definition. It becomes the architectural precedent, a canvas, through which the inhabitant can define his existence.
Enlightened limitations.<br>Master of Architecture
40
Chacón, Gloria E. "Contemporary Maya writers : Kabawil and the making of a millenarian literary tradition /." Diss., Digital Dissertations Database. Restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
Full text
41
Plank, Shannon E. "Maya dwellings in hieroglyphs and archaeology : an interactive approach to ancient architecture and spatial cognition /." Oxford : Archaeopress, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39949560d.
Full text
42
Poignet, Philippe. "Emprunts et échanges dans l'écriture maya postclassique." Paris 3, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002PA030060.
Full textAbstract:
Cette étude propose un modèle transformiste de l'écriture maya à partir d'une analyse de la vie sociale des signes. Trois niveaux du signe ont été considérés, le phonétique, le morphémique et le sémantique permettant une synthèse de l'évolution de l'écriture à partir des influences et emprunts des glyphes chronologiques pris comme unité fondamentale en Mésoamérique (chapitre 1), suivi d'une étude des nombres (chapitre 2). L'origine de cette écriture et les emprunts depuis l'époque préclassique ont été traités en annexe A. Une étude complète de l'écriture considérant également les emprunts et influences pendant l'époque classique constitue le chapitre 3. Au chapitre 4 l'étude aborde les manuscrits coloniaux rédigés en langue yucatèque afin de rassembler tous les noms d'origine nahuatl utilisés pendant l'époque postclassique. Les textes glyphiques postclassiques mixtes ont été étudiés au chapitre 5 et en annexe B. Une étude comparative de glyphes est proposée en annexe C<br>Summary : this study proposes an evolutionary model of the Maya script, based on the social life of signs. This thesis treats three levels of the graphic system : the phonetic, the morphemic and the semantic, it proposes a synthesis of the development based on influences and borrowings from the cultural unity of Mesoamerican calendar (Chapter 1) and numerical system in Chapter 2. The origin of the script and borrowings from the preclassic have been treated in Appendix A. A synthesis of the development of the script with influences and borrowings during the Classic was presented in Chapter 3 to the postclassic studied in Chapter 5 as well as in Appendix B. The investigation is leading across the boundaries of linguistics and ethnohistory in Chapter 4 in order to find out the amount of Nahuatl words in use at a later time in yucatec Maya. A comparative study of glyphs is presented in Appendix C
43
Eley, Dikeita N. "Color (Sub)Conscious: African American Women, Authors, and the Color Line in Their Literature." VCU Scholars Compass, 2004. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1486.
Full textAbstract:
Color (sub)Conscious explores the African American female's experience with colorism. Divided into three distinct sections. The first section is a literary analysis of such works as Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place, Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Alice Walker's "If the Present Looks Like the Past, What Does the Future Look Like?" an essay from her collection In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens. The second section is a research project based on data gathered from 12 African American females willing to share their own experiences and insights on colorism. The final section is a creative non-fiction piece of the author's own personal pain growing up and living with the lasting effects of colorism.
44
Henriksson, Christofer. "Animering i Maya med Wii Remote." Thesis, University of Gävle, University of Gävle, Department of Mathematics, Natural and Computer Sciences, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-4806.
Full textAbstract:
<p>Animering i 3d är ett tidskrävande och komplicerat moment som tar lång tid att sätta sig in i. Det krävs att man har en bra känsla för naturliga rörelser för att kunna skapa realistiska animationer. Det här arbetet undersöker möjligheten ett med hjälp av Nintendos Wii Remote-kontroll låta en användare mer intuitivt animera ett enkelt 3d-objekt i Autodesk Maya 2009. Arbetets resultat och slutsatser visar hur man kan koppla Wii Remote-kontrollens utdata in till Autodesk Maya 2009, och tar upp funktioner man skulle kunna lägga till och vilka begränsningar som behöver lösas i framtida arbete med systemet.</p><p> </p>
45
Krischer, Maya K. [Verfasser]. "Persönlichkeitspathologie im Jugendalter / Maya K. Krischer." Köln : Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1005351155/34.
Full text
46
Islas, Melinda David 1945. ""The blood speaks"--Maya ritual sacrifice." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291867.
Full textAbstract:
This paper examines ritual in Classic Maya art of the Usamacinta River drainage, focusing on blood sacrifice, its iconography and symbolism, then looks at contemporary Maya ritual in highland Chiapas, Mexico. Connections between the two are made, emphasizing the continuity of Maya culture in Mesoamerica, and suggestions are made for current archaeological investigations in the Maya area.
47
Siu, Chi-ming Anthony, and 邵志明. "Gender(ed) fables of Maya Deren." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31225135.
Full text
48
Gilabert, Sansalvador Laura. "La bóveda en la arquitectura maya." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/114768.
Full textAbstract:
Con una larga tradición constructiva que abarca más de diez siglos, la bóveda es uno de los elementos más característicos de la arquitectura maya. Este sistema de cubierta de fábrica de piedra, basado en el principio de aproximación de hiladas, muestra, por un lado, la continuidad que tuvieron las técnicas constructivas en esta antigua civilización y, por otro, las diferencias en la evolución tecnológica que se dieron entre las distintas regiones de las Tierras Bajas Mayas.
Esta tesis doctoral aborda el estudio de la bóveda maya mediante el registro y el análisis minucioso de una amplia muestra de bóvedas de diferentes zonas geográficas y períodos cronológicos. La información obtenida del trabajo de campo, complementada con la de las fuentes bibliográficas, se ha introducido en una base de datos de bóvedas mayas diseñada ex profeso que permite archivar, analizar y comparar todas las características de las bóvedas. A partir del análisis de este corpus de bóvedas desde un punto de vista arquitectónico, atendiendo a diferentes aspectos como la forma, la geometría, la función, el simbolismo y las características constructivas del espacio abovedado, con especial atención a los avances tecnológicos que se producen, se propone una clasificación general de la bóveda maya según varios criterios.
Mediante el estudio comparativo de la muestra se han identificado los rasgos característicos y las particularidades de las bóvedas de varias zonas geográficas y se ha analizado su evolución a lo largo del tiempo, lo que permite formular hipótesis sobre las relaciones históricas entre las diferentes regiones y las posibles transferencias del conocimiento constructivo.
Además, la observación del estado de conservación actual de los edificios estudiados nos ha permitido analizar los procesos de deterioro que afectan a estas estructuras y proponer como conclusión unos criterios generales aplicables a la excavación, conservación y restauración de los edificios abovedados mayas, una arquitectura de gran valor patrimonial y que, en muchos casos, se encuentra en grave riesgo de conservación.<br>Amb una extensa tradició constructiva de més de deu segles, la volta és un dels elements més característics de l'arquitectura maia. Aquest sistema de coberta de fàbrica de pedra, basat en el principi d'aproximació de filades, mostra, per una banda, la continuïtat que tingueren les tècniques constructives en aquesta antiga civilització i, d'altra banda, les diferències en l'evolució tecnològica que es produïren entre les diferents regions de les Terres Baixes Maies.
Aquesta tesi doctoral aborda l'estudi de la volta maia mitjançant el registre i l'anàlisi minuciós d'una amplia mostra de voltes de diferents zones geogràfiques i períodes cronològics. La informació obtinguda en el treball de camp, complementada amb la de les fonts bibliogràfiques, s'ha introduït en una base de dades de voltes maies dissenyada expressament i que permet arxivar, analitzar i comparar totes les característiques de les voltes. A partir de l'anàlisi d'aquest corpus des d'un punt de vista arquitectònic, atenent a diferents aspectes com la forma, la geometria, la funció, el simbolisme i les característiques constructives de l'espai voltat, amb especial atenció als avenços tecnològics que es produeixen, es proposa una classificació general de la volta maia segons diferents criteris.
Durant l'estudi comparatiu de la mostra s'han identificat els trets característics i les peculiaritats de les voltes de diverses zones geogràfiques i s'ha analitzat la seua evolució al llarg del temps, el que permet formular hipòtesis sobre les relacions històriques entre les diferents regions i sobre les possibles transferències del coneixement constructiu.
A més, l'observació de l'estat de conservació actual dels edificis estudiats ens ha permés analitzar els processos de deteriorament que afecten a aquestes estructures, i proposar com a conclusió uns criteris generals aplicables a l'excavació, conservació i restauració dels edificis voltats maies, una arquitectura de gran valor patrimonial i que, en molts casos, es troba en greu risc de conservació.<br>The vault, used by the ancient Maya for more than ten centuries, is one of the most characteristic elements of Mayan architecture. This stone roof system, based on the principle of corbelling, shows, on the one hand, the continuity of construction techniques employed by this ancient civilization and, on the other hand, how technological progress differs between the regions of the Maya Lowlands.
The present doctoral thesis examines the Mayan vault by recording and analysing a wide sample of vaults from different geographical zones and chronological periods. The data collected during fieldwork was complemented by results from previous studies and put into a database that was created to archive, analyse and compare all the features of the vaults. This corpus was then analysed from an architectural perspective, taking into account aspects such as form, geometry, function, symbolism and constructive features of the vaulted spaces, and paying special attention to the technological developments that were observed. Based on this analysis, a general classification of the Mayan vault according to various criteria was proposed.
The comparative analysis of the sample allowed to identify the particularities and the most characteristic features of the vaults of various geographical areas, as well as to study their development over time. In the light of the results, hypotheses may be formulated on the historical relationships between the different regions and the possible transfers of building knowledge.
Moreover, the evaluation of the buildings' current state of conservation allowed the author to determinate the deterioration processes that affect them. Therefore, some general criteria were also proposed for the excavation, conservation and restoration practices in the Mayan vaulted buildings, an architecture with a great heritage value but which often presents serious conservation problems.<br>Gilabert Sansalvador, L. (2018). La bóveda en la arquitectura maya [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/114768<br>TESIS
49
McCabe, Gragnic Julie. "Documentation et description du maya tenek." Thesis, Paris 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA030166.
Full textAbstract:
L’objectif premier de cette thèse est de contribuer à la documentation et à la description d’une langue indigène en danger de disparition au Mexique et parallèlement, à sa revitalisation, en apportant aux locuteurs de cette langue des outils pour l’enseignement et la transmission de la langue.La langue étudiée dans cette thèse est le tének (parfois écrit teenek ; connu également comme le huastèque/wastek) – une langue maya parlée dans l’Etat de San Luis Potosí au Mexique. Bien qu’elle ne soit pas officiellement reconnue comme étant en danger d’extinction à court terme, le destin du ténekdemeure toutefois incertain dans le moyen terme. Ce fait est dûment démontré dans la première partie de lathèse, où l’on remet en question la classification des langues dites en voie de disparition, en révélant l’étendue du risque encouru par beaucoup d’autres langues indigènes.Les locuteurs de maya tének sont séparés des autres locuteurs de langues mayas par plus de 700km,tout en étant en contact avec des locuteurs de langues indigènes d’autres familles de langues mésoaméricaines(notamment uto-aztèque et otomangue). Cette situation ambivalente d’isolement endogène etde contact exogène fait de la documentation du tének contemporain un sujet d’étude particulièrement intéressant du point de vue typologique. Son isolement par rapport aux autres langues mayas contribue àfaire du tének une langue conservatrice maintenant certains liens privilégiés avec le proto-maya, mais par ailleurs, ce même isolement, associé au contact avec d’autres langues méso-américaines non maya, a conduit le tének à innover et à évoluer de manière originale, par rapport aux tendances typologiques de son groupe phylogénétique. Un exemple d’une innovation marquante de ce genre est, sur le plan morphosyntaxique, le système de l’inverse, fondé sur une hiérarchie de marqueurs personnels – un paramètre typologique original, qui a été développé par le tének comme une innovation périphérique, et qui s’avère unique à l’intérieur de la famille maya. Un autre exemple est la classification des substantifs, qui diffère de celle des autres langues mayas. La complexité de la structure verbale tének nous fournit également de nombreux traits intéressants : elle se manifeste par des marqueurs d’aspects primaires(accompli, inaccompli, etc.) et également d’aspects secondaires (exhaustif, intensif, résultatif, etc.), plusieurs marqueurs antipassifs (dont un est utilisé pour exprimer la réciprocité, ce qui est un phénomène plutôt inhabituel pour une langue maya), et plus d’un moyen pour exprimer le passif et la voix moyenne.Toutes ces caractéristiques sont examinées en détail dans la deuxième partie de cette thèse, en fondant l’argumentation sur des données de première main, collectées sur le terrain dans le cadre de ce projet, à la fois sous forme d’élicitation, de collecte et de transcription de mythes et textes oraux.La troisième et dernière partie de la thèse est dédiée à la présentation de certains outils et méthodes de documentation originaux et participatifs, qui ont servi non seulement pour le travail de terrain, mais également dans des ateliers organisés afin de collecter des données pour ce projet aussi bien que pour fournir aux locuteurs et/ou aux enseignants du tének des moyens de lutter contre la disparition de la langue et la détresse pédagogique due au manque de moyens pour se former sur leurs langues autochtones.Certains des résultats obtenus grâce à ces méthodes sont également présentés ici. Cette partie de la thèse examine aussi la façon dont l’éducation bilingue et interculturelle au Mexique travaille à la protection des langues natives mexicaines<br>The principal objective of this thesis is to document and describe an endangered indigenous language of Mexico and, in parallel, to provide tools to its speakers for the teaching and transmission of said language, thereby contributing to efforts for its revitalisation.As documented within the thesis, Tének (sometimes written Teenek; also known by thename Huastec/Wastek) is a Mayan language spoken in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and although it is not officially recognised as being in any particular danger of extinction, its destiny is quite uncertain in the mid-term. This is duly demonstrated within the first part of the thesis, thereby questioning the classification of endangered languages, and revealing the extent to which manymore languages are at risk than apparent.The Maya Tének are separated from the other Mayan language speakers by more than 700km, but are in close contact with indigenous language speakers of other origins (namely Uto-Aztec and Otomanguean). This configuration of isolation/contact creates, typologically speaking, aparticularly interesting object of study. Its isolation from the other Mayan languages means thatTének is and has remained a conservative language displaying close links with the proto-language,yet this same situation of isolation, coupled with its contact with languages of other origins, hasforced Tének to innovate and to evolve in other ways. One such example is the classification of nouns which differs from other Mayan languages. Another Tének development is its morphological inverse system based on a hierarchy of person markers which is unique within the Mayan family.The complex verb structure of Tének also presents some interesting features : it has both primary aspect markers (completive, incompletive, etc.) and secondary aspect markers (exhaustive,intensive, résultative, etc.), several antipassive markers (one of which is used to express reciprocity,which is in itself unusual for a Mayan language), more than one way to express the passive as well as the middle voice. All of these features are examined in detail within the second part of this thesis based on original materials collected in the field within the framework of this project both via elicitation and the collection and transcription of stories.The third and final part of the thesis is dedicated to the presentation of some of the original and creative documentation methods and tools used both for fieldwork and in organised workshop sessions in order to collect data for this project as well as to provide means by which the speakersand/or teachers of Tének can fight against the loss of the language. Some of the results of the work accomplished via these methods are presented here too. This part of the thesis also takes a look at how bilingual and intercultural education in Mexico is shaped and the actions taken toward protecting Mexican native languages.This thesis was developed as an experimental project in documentary linguistics; this particular paradigm of linguistics is revealing itself to be more and more important as languages continually disappear but remains as yet a little explored domain within the field of linguistics inFrance
50
Ludwigsson, Jonas. "Creating realistic hair in Autodesk Maya." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-14411.
Full textAbstract:
This thesis work focuses on how to create realistic looking hair using only the vanilla version of Autodesk Maya. It describes two approaches, the widely used polygon-stripe based technique and the Maya built-in nHair. It also evaluates these two approaches in terms of ease of implementation, production speed and quality of final results. The conclusion is that nHair has the potential to produce realistic looking hair but contains various bugs and is not optimized at the current stage, while the polygon-stripe based approach is robust and flexible but the realism of rendering results is heavily dependent upon the skill level of artists.