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Remembering And Feeling The Nation: Circulations Of Emotions Of The Imagined Community In The Contemporary Venezuelan Diaspora, Neidegar Martinez Parra

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses

In the last five years Venezuela registered its first massive migration due to economic and sociopolitical circumstances. In this context, I explore visual discourses in which diasporic subjects imagine a modern nation through circulations of emotions and memories on Instagram. The Chromatic Environment, a piece by Carlos Cruz-Díez located at the Simón Bolívar International Airport, along with natural landscapes and circulations of commodities, become the evocative referents for Venezuelan diasporic subjects to claim their sense of belonging. A visual analysis of images reveals how Venezuelan migrants circulate their longing for recuperating and restoring icons, symbols, and consumption practices as …

Ancestral Wisdom And Spiritual Practices For Healing: Decolonizing Feminist Theory And Pedagogy, Justina N. Trim

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses

African-indigenous spiritual practices, ancestral wisdom, and knowledge that pre-dates the institution of colleges and universities can be seen in multiple perspectives. For instance, this knowledge has been revered, or rejected. In this thesis, I advocate for the importance of understanding these spiritual practices and knowledges and regarding them as a form of healing, pedagogy, and rebellion. Finally, I discuss my curation of exhibits and altars that allow people to access the healing and restorative power of ancestral wisdom.

"Mamas Gotta Have A Life Too": Counternarrative Work On The Sex Negative Black Mother Figure, Nia Jasmine Byrd

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses

SEX POSITIVE BLACK MOTHERS AND BLACK GIRLHOOD

Black girlhood is a beautiful experience despite the adversity many Black women face. In following the belief of the founder of Black girlhood studies Ruth Nicole Brown, "Black girlhood is a continuous life journey." While women throughout history have always struggled with respectability and sexual politics. Black women have had an even harder time being a woman, a sexual being, and a mother all in the sphere. We have experienced unique oppression due to both our race and gender that makes it vital that we tell our stories. Therefore, my thesis focuses on …

Towards Negotiating The Ethics Of Comedy Through Affective Pedagogies Of Feminist Humor, Muge Yuce

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Theses

By calling for negotiating the ethics in the stand-up comedy, this thesis, first, focuses on the discussions around the issue of (in)appropriate comedic language in the stand-up shows that came out after 2017, that are Nanette by Hannah Gadsby, Sticks&Stone by Dave Chapelle, Right Now by Aziz Ansari, and Rape Jokes by Cameron Esposito. In doing so, it provides an analysis of how stand-up stages, in the face of Trump era and #metoo movement, have become a space of metacomedy, by enabling us to rethink about the form and ethics of comedy. Through its reflection on Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, …