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Janine Antoni: Finding A Room Of Her Own, Stacie M. Lindner
Janine Antoni: Finding A Room Of Her Own, Stacie M. Lindner
Art and Design Theses
Janine Antoni's object- and performance-based works draw from multiple influences including feminism and conceptualism, and in these works the artist has fashioned an investigation of the self through the examination of the mother/child dyad, creating a more than fourteen-year body of work about these relationships that explore the implications of feminine imagery. Antoni’s works are an effort to distinguish her body as a feminine subject-object, but also to identify with as well as separate herself from the mother. While she is a conceptual artist, Antoni puts great emphasis on materiality. For her, the concept defines itself within the materials, and …
A Manifest Cyborg: Laurie Anderson And Technology, Julie Malinda Goolsby
A Manifest Cyborg: Laurie Anderson And Technology, Julie Malinda Goolsby
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses
This thesis seeks to demonstrate that although Laurie Anderson’s performance works are technologically driven and often involve gender play, seemingly transgressing the gender binary, ultimately she reinscribes traditional gender norms. On the one hand, Anderson has been a pioneer in the use of electronic technology, which is significant considering she is a woman and electronics is a male-dominated arena; on the other hand, her ambiguously- gendered cyborg persona, which does often raise awareness about gender stereotypes, ultimately reinscribes traditional gender norms. Although I consider these issues as they pertain specifically to Anderson, the significance of this project lies in the …
The Negotiation Of Gender And Athleticism By Women Athletes, Erica Nicolien Kitchen
The Negotiation Of Gender And Athleticism By Women Athletes, Erica Nicolien Kitchen
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses
Despite significant improvements in the last thirty years, the sporting world remains a masculine domain. Women athletes continue to face inequalities and criticism for crossing traditional gender lines. This study, which was grounded in Foucauldian, postmodern and social constructionist theories and a third wave feminist perspective, examines how women athletes understand gender and how gender, athleticism and body image intersect for them. Eleven women in various stages of their athletic careers participated in in-depth interviews. Women and girls are influenced to participate in sport by family and friends, have local role models, and value the social aspect of sport. They …