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| author |
Rebecca Filetti-Andujo
| | title |
Wounded Delicacy: Female-bodied sexual performance as a mode of resistance to objectification.
| | abstract |
This thesis explores ways in which female performers can both be subject to and disrupt
the male gaze. I argue that women can resist the male gaze by creating and participating in
empowering performances that give them agency over their representation as well as challenge
the notion of the active male viewer and the passive female object; however, as I later discuss,
such performances rely on a certain level of anonymity and a separation between one's public
and private personas. The following chapters outline research done through embodied
performance in conversation with Dolan, Mulvey, and Brechtian theory. This research was led
by questions that arose throughout a devising process in collaboration with the performers.
| | school |
The College of Liberal Arts, Drew University
| | degree |
B.A. (2019)
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| advisor |
Lisa Brenner
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| committee |
Kimani Fowlin
Wendy Kolmar
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| full text | RFiletti-Andujo.pdf |
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