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Sexo Asimétrico: El Pensamiento No Dicotómico Del Cuerpo A Partir De La Sexualizacióon Del Otro (Sobre Algunas Fotos De María Zorzon Y Gabriela Liffschitz), Kristen Michelle Hubbard
Sexo Asimétrico: El Pensamiento No Dicotómico Del Cuerpo A Partir De La Sexualizacióon Del Otro (Sobre Algunas Fotos De María Zorzon Y Gabriela Liffschitz), Kristen Michelle Hubbard
LSU Master's Theses
Each body has certain cultural values attached to it regarding the way in which it should perform in public. The body is marked by dichotomous thinking (masculine/feminine, healthy/sick, sacred/degraded, artistic/pornographic, etc.) that dictates its presentation in visual culture. In Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism, Elizabeth Grosz states the importance of non-dichotomous thinking for feminist and gender studies scholars and gives guidelines to deconstruct these hegemonic dualities. The purpose of this thesis is to show how the eroticization of the body of Other, in accordance with Grosz’s guidelines, can be useful in upsetting taken-for-granted social roles thus leading to non-dichotomous …
Of Reality: A Society Of Selves, Kelly C. Tate
Of Reality: A Society Of Selves, Kelly C. Tate
LSU Master's Theses
Of Reality: A Society of Selves is a series of photographs that challenge the viewer’s perception of reality. Through digital image manipulation, costumed, multiplicitous self-portraits merge with handcrafted miniature environments. With the goal of illustrating the complexity of existing within society, the resulting images examine the psychological process of perception as it relates to social interaction and identity.