The disparate concepts of Pop Art and abstract painting heavily influence the scope of my work. Finding a link between these two concepts has been the focal point of my studio practices. The apex of my process is the focus on commercial imagery as abstract form. The merging of these two concepts presents a complex composition of balance, color and information. This thesis explores the various concepts as well as influences that have propelled the evolution of my work. It chronicles the steps I have taken in my quest to articulate my conceptual ideas. By describing the works and defining their characteristics, this analysis gives further insight to my perception as well as process.

Esta pesquisa se volta para o estudo das manifestações da cultura pop nipobrasileira associadas aos descendentes de japoneses no Brasil e de artistas de outras origens que compartilham da estética da cultura pop japonesa. Tem por objetivo estudar o desenvolvimento dos processos de mediações da cultura e da informação contidos nas manifestações da cultura pop nipo-brasileira e dos novos espaços culturais virtuais nos quais se manifesta graças à influência das atuais tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Para tanto, é necessário compreender aspectos da cultura e da tradição japonesa que foram trazidos pelos imigrantes e incorporados e adaptados por seus descendentes de modo a constituir um sentimento diferenciado de identidade ou \"japonesidades multiplicadas\", termo adotado em simpósio realizado na UFSCAR em 2010 e que discute o ser e estar nipo-brasileiro, bem como se percebe expressado nas manifestações artísticas em questão. / This research turns to the study of the manifestations of Japanese-Brazilian pop culture related with Japanese descendants in Brazil and artists from other origins who share the aesthetic of Japanese pop culture. This research aims to study the development of the processes of mediation of culture and information contained in the manifestations of pop culture Japanese-Brazilian cultural and new virtual spaces in which is manifested through the influence of current information technologies and communication. Therefore, it is necessary to understand aspects of Japanese culture and traditions that were brought by immigrants and incorporated and adapted by his descendants in order to constitute a distinct sense of identity or \"japonesidades multiplied,\" a term adopted in UFSCAR symposium held in 2010 and discussing being and Japanese-Brazilian, and one realizes expressed in artistic concerned.

The popularity of wearing costumes and masks has a long tradition. The phenomenon called cosplay began to be discussed for the first time in the 1980s. Cosplayers are fans of media content that not only wear costumes, but they also try to imitate the character's character on festivals. Some individuals, thanks to their activity, become celebrities themselves within the community. Fans may not always be just a passive group of recipients of media content. This thesis focuses on how these positions can be achieved and how the hierarchy is shaped in the Czech cosplay community. The theoretical framework is based on findings of fan studies. Methods used for data collection include participant observation and semi-structured interviews. The timeframe for data collection is the period from May 2018 to October 2018. For analysis were used the grounded theory principles, namely open and axial coding. The output is a paradigmatic model. This research has brought new information related to the topic of hierarchy in fan communities. Not only has the high activity of the individuals but also the social ties had an influence on hierarchy formation. This work also reflected the Czech cosplay community.

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-02-22T15:18:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Christian Gonzatti_.pdf: 8588470 bytes, checksum: f0c4e125d9c7332b4d1cadb2cc10ff37 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-22T15:18:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Christian Gonzatti_.pdf: 8588470 bytes, checksum: f0c4e125d9c7332b4d1cadb2cc10ff37 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-19 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A pesquisa visa entender, através dos sentidos acionados pelo Papel Pop, as relações entre o jornalismo, a cultura pop e os estudos queer. Busco nas transformações e nos desdobramentos históricos do jornalismo a maneira como as lógicas do pop foram se implicando nele. Proponho, assim, uma perspectiva jornalística específica para entender essas dinâmicas, o jornalismo pop: voltado à cobertura da cultura pop, pautando acontecimentos engendrados por uma lógica intensamente midiática e comercial, mas que não se encerra aí. Constato que existem, em um contexto de crise sistêmica instaurada pela cultura digital que atravessa as lógicas jornalísticas, sete categorias para pensar a cobertura do pop no país – e que muitas vezes se interprenetam através de estratégias de produção diversas: a cobertura jornalística em torno de produtos que se desdobram da música pop, das celebridades, da cultura geek/nerd/otaku, de produções audiovisuais como filmes e séries, das novelas e do humor e a geral. Existem, nessas possibilidades, os vínculos de produção que são perpassados pelas práticas das/dos fãs – podendo serem institucionalizados no sentido de se tornarem (micro) empresas ou não – e os políticos, que envolvem um olhar crítico através de marcadores como o sexo/gênero, a raça e a sexualidade para as produções da cultura pop. O Papel Pop, no que se refere à cobertura noticiosa, movimenta-se através de todos esses focos, estando alocado no que eu entendi como uma macrotegoria: a cobertura da cultura pop de uma maneira mais ampla e geral. No entanto, há uma predominância da música pop feminina nas matérias e notícias, assim como o corpo editorial também remete a marcadores dissidentes da masculinidade heterossexual cisgênera. Visando desdobrar os sentidos acionados pelo jornalismo pop em questão, recorro à metodologia da Análise de Construção de Sentidos em Redes Digitais, que tem como pressuposto os movimentos de mapeamento de processos semióticos em rede, a elaboração de constelaçãoes de sentidos e o desenvolvimento de inferências sobre elas. Através de perspectivas dos estudos queer, notei, assim, a emergência de sete constelações de sentidos: Linguagens do Vale, Transviadices, Feminismos, Heteronormatividades Racismos/Multiculturalismos, Representações e Enfrentamentos Políticos. Elas sinalizam a maneira como o jornalismo pop do Papel Pop configura-se como uma territorialidade semiótica singular na cobertura da cultura pop, que rompe com pressupostos do masculino que atravessam o jornalismo hegemônico e que vai além da feminilidade que pode ser associada ao jornalismo cultural, sendo, portanto, queer. / The research search understands, through the senses triggered by Papel Pop, as relations between journalism, pop culture and queer studies. I seek in the transformations and historical developments of journalism the way in which the logics of pop have been implied in him. I propose, therefore, a specific journalistic perspective to understand these dynamics, pop journalism: aimed at the coverage of pop culture, setting forth events engendered by an intensely mediatic and commercial logic, but that does not end there. I note that there are, in a systemic crisis context established by the digital culture that runs through the journalistic logic, seven categories to think the pop coverage in the country - and often interpenatre through various production strategies: media coverage around products that are deployed from pop music, celebrities, geek/nerd/otaku culture, audiovisual productions like movies and series, novels and humor and the general. There are, in these possibilities, the production links that are permeated by the practices of the fans - they can be institutionalized in the sense of becoming (micro) companies or not - and the politicians, who involve a critical look through markers like sex / gender, race and sexuality for pop culture productions. The Papel Pop, as far as news coverage is concerned, moves through all these focuses, being allotted in what I understood as a macrotegory: the coverage of pop culture in a broader and more general way. However, there is a predominance of female pop music in stories and news, just as the editorial body also refers to dissident markers of heterosexual masculinity cis. Aiming to unfold the senses triggered by the pop journalism in question, I turn to the methodology of the Analysis of Sense Construction in Digital Networks, which has as a presupposition the movements of mapping of semiotic processes in the network, the elaboration of sense constellations and the development of inferences about they. Through the perspectives of the Queer studies, I thus noticed the emergence of seven constellations of meanings: Valley Languages, Transviadices, Feminisms, Heteronormativities, Racisms / Multiculturalisms, Representations and Political Confrontations. They signal the way Papel Pop’s pop journalism configures itself as a singular semiotic territoriality in the coverage of pop culture, which breaks with the assumptions of the masculine that crosses hegemonic journalism and goes beyond the femininity that can be associated with cultural journalism, being, therefore, queer.

Esta pesquisa se volta para o estudo das manifestações da cultura pop nipobrasileira associadas aos descendentes de japoneses no Brasil e de artistas de outras origens que compartilham da estética da cultura pop japonesa. Tem por objetivo estudar o desenvolvimento dos processos de mediações da cultura e da informação contidos nas manifestações da cultura pop nipo-brasileira e dos novos espaços culturais virtuais nos quais se manifesta graças à influência das atuais tecnologias de informação e comunicação. Para tanto, é necessário compreender aspectos da cultura e da tradição japonesa que foram trazidos pelos imigrantes e incorporados e adaptados por seus descendentes de modo a constituir um sentimento diferenciado de identidade ou \"japonesidades multiplicadas\", termo adotado em simpósio realizado na UFSCAR em 2010 e que discute o ser e estar nipo-brasileiro, bem como se percebe expressado nas manifestações artísticas em questão. / This research turns to the study of the manifestations of Japanese-Brazilian pop culture related with Japanese descendants in Brazil and artists from other origins who share the aesthetic of Japanese pop culture. This research aims to study the development of the processes of mediation of culture and information contained in the manifestations of pop culture Japanese-Brazilian cultural and new virtual spaces in which is manifested through the influence of current information technologies and communication. Therefore, it is necessary to understand aspects of Japanese culture and traditions that were brought by immigrants and incorporated and adapted by his descendants in order to constitute a distinct sense of identity or \"japonesidades multiplied,\" a term adopted in UFSCAR symposium held in 2010 and discussing being and Japanese-Brazilian, and one realizes expressed in artistic concerned.

O presente trabalho investiga a obra de Pedro Almodóvar Caballero, cineasta espanhol; mostrando que sua principal marca autoral é trabalhar com elementos da Cultura Pop, fundamentalmente a citação, pastiche e a paródia; mesclados com sua experiência pessoal, da infância em La Mancha, e da busca pela liberdade na Madri, de La Movida, do final do franquismo e da transição para a democracia. Usando a teoria da paródia, como fundamentação teórica, demonstram-se como os filmes de Almodóvar dialogam com textos fílmicos os mais variados, incorporando-os à sua narrativa e imprimindo nela uma marca original e internacionalmente reconhecível. Traça-se uma filmografia crítica da recepção de seus filmes, no contexto em que surgiram no cenário da cultura marginal underground dos anos 1970, e seu pleno desenvolvimento e maturidade no circuito comercial, a partir da década de 80. Centrando-se a análise em Todo sobre mi madre, demonstra-se o nível de diálogo estabelecido com a obra de John Cassavetes, Federico Fellini e na retomada de sua própria obra, como fonte de citação, como o diálogo estabelecido entre La flor de mi secreto/Todo sobre mi madre. / This study carries out research into the work of Pedro Almodóvar Caballero. The great spanish director has, like autor mark, working with icons of Pop Culture, essentially quoting and parody; mixing with his own childhood personal experience, in La Mancha, and the freedom conquered within the Madri of La Movida; post-franquism period of transition throw democracy. Based on the parody theory, this work shows like the movies of Almodóvar talk/exchange subjects with others movie images of diferent kind, getting them incorporated on its narrative, providing his movies of an orginal and internacional hallmark. It sets a critical filmografy of how was the reception of his films, within de underground culture they had born, in the ´70, and its total development and maturity on the commercial circuit of the earlier ´80. The central point of the analysis is the movie All about my mother, fixing the level of the dialogue established with John Cassavetes` Opening night and some characters of Federico Fellini, like Cabiria and Gradisca; and so on, the recycle of the own Almodovar`s previous works, like source of quote, like the exchange made between The flower of my secret and All about my mother.

Nearly everyone I know has a relationship with something in popular culture, whether it is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, amassing The Astonishing X-Men comics, or collecting every version of every Star Wars movie. Relationships and pop culture: couldn’t that make an autoethnography? This is a short version of my relationship with a band, Daniel Amos. I am not in Daniel Amos. I don’t know the members of the band (although I am Facebook friends with them now). I first heard them in 1982 serendipitously. Or maybe it was destiny. Either way, they opened my eyes to the wonders, doubts, and excesses of my life, critiqued my faith, and brought me joy. I feel like I know them, and they me. Thirty-one years after first hearing them, I realize our relationship is one of the longest I have had. We grew up and are growing older together.

The goal of this thesis is to explore the way heterosexism and homophobia are present in the coding that has created an implied and monstrous queer identity for the Joker, present in many versions of the character over the past forty years. Through close readings of several of the Joker’s most iconic appearances, queer theory texts, and analytical essays on pop culture, this paper will analyze the use of queer signifiers present in the comics and the way that these portrayals of the Joker are rife with harmful and heterocentric perceptions of what comic creators have seen as necessary signifiers for queerness. Additionally, I will be using knowledge gleaned from my own preexisting work with fan and cultural studies in order to talk about the way that this portrayal of the Joker has been developed within fandom/fan communities and how it is continually replicated in superhero media.

The aim of this essay is to identify and discuss possible solutions to problems regarding the translation of certain cultural references in blog columns by the American author Jeff Klima. More specifically, these cultural references are general cultural aspects, swear words and references to people. General cultural aspects include references to historical events, religious festivities, publications, cultural stereotypes and culturally based idioms. I use Vinay and Darbelnet’s strategies of direct and oblique translation, as well as Nida’s concepts of formal and dynamic equivalence. I also use Newmark’s strategies of semantic versus communicative translation, and Ingo’s adaption strategy. I find that there is no universal solution applicable to all types of culturally related issues in translation, but that every case is unique and requires a unique solution. What can be said, however, is that semantic translations and word-for-word translations are rarely applicable when it comes to cultural issues. True for all issues, however, is that the translator needs to be perfectly clear on what the author is saying and who the receiver, or target reader, is in order to begin to explore which strategy is best to use.

Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjamas otaku kultūros tapatumo formavimas Šiaulių Japonijos kultūros entuziastų klube „Yorokonde“. Darbą sudaro dvi dalys: teorinė ir praktinė. Teorinėje dalyje analizuojamos įvairių autorių tapatumo teorijos, kalbančios apie savikonstrukciją ar socialiai sukonstruojamą asmenį. Taip pat nagrinėjami skirtingi požiūriai į popkultūrą. Empirinėje dalyje rekonstruojama Japonijos kultūros plitimo chronologija, aiškinamasi otaku sąvokos problematika ir reikšmė. Analizuojamas otaku tapatumas ir jo formavimas per otaku veiklą. Išskiriama anime ir mangos svarba susidomėjimui Japonijos kultūra, iš to kylančios naujos kategorijos. Aiškinamasi kas yra cosplay bei kaip tai siejasi su pankiškosiomis „Do-it-yourself“ idėjomis. Nagrinėjamas homoseksualių mangų žanras yaoi, bei japonų kalbos įterpimas otaku kalboje. / The Bachelor‘s thesis analyses otaku cultural identity formation in Šiauliai Japanese culture enthusiasts club „Yorokonde“. The work consists of two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part analyses the various authors talking about identity theories of self construction or socially constructed person. It also examines different approaches to the pop culture. In the empirical part Japanese culture spreading chronology is reconstructed. The concept of otaku term issues and implications is examined. Otaku identity and its formation through the activities of the otaku is analysed. Anime and manga importance to the interest of Japanese culture is extracted in the work.Examined relation between punk „Do-it-yourself“ ideas and cosplay, and also what cosplay is. Examined homosexual manga genre yaoi, and Japanese language usage in otaku speech.