CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Martins, Claudia De Barros |
|---|---|
| Title | QUEERING PERFORMATIVITY: THROUGH THE WORKS OF ANDY WARHOL AND PERFORMANCE ART |
| Summary | This thesis discusses how gender identity is (des)constructed through corporeal performances and how it is possible to subvert binary gender norms. Departing from queer conceptions that destabilize the category of the subject as fixed, I rely on post-structuralist theories, in particular Judith Butler and Michael Foucault, both of whom have been influential in queer theory. In order to argue for possible ways to subvert normativity, I explore two case studies – Andy Warhol and performance artists, in which the corporeal performance of the artist's body - the deviant body - is located outside of the mainstream production of art. I combine one of Foucault's theories of power relations with Butler’s framework on performativity and performance to open up potential routes of empowering the sexually deviant body. |
| Supervisor | Timar, Eszter |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/martins_claudia.pdf |
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