[ES] Desde finales del s. XX y en estas dos décadas del s. XXI, en el Estado español han proliferado una serie de prácticas y propuestas por parte de artistas, colectivos, teóricas y activistas que comparten un posicionamiento feminista y queer/cuir/kuir. En el transfeminismo confluyen genealogías (las feministas, las LGTBIQ+, las antirracistas y de(s)coloniales) que repiensan de manera crítica y compleja su entorno y su historia desde la disidencia. Su propuesta epistemológica, sus luchas identitarias, su vindicación de derechos, y su amplia producción cultural y política ha activado cambios en el contexto contemporáneo de forma inédita. Nuestra aportación a las redes transfeministas a través de 20 años de trabajo desde el colectivo O.R.G.I.A, nos permite elaborar un relato historiográfico alternativo que da cuenta de la relación entre lo político, lo afectivo y lo visual, y de su vinculación con el contexto, haciendo uso de la autohistoria-teoría para elaborar una memoria estético-política crítica de sus acciones, sus prácticas visuales y culturales, y sus textos. Desde el conocimiento situado y una perspectiva encarnada, se ahonda en el "ajuar frankenstein" de referentes, antecedentes, memorias e imaginarios, que alimentan buena parte de las prácticas artísticas transfeministas y las conectan con sus genealogías diversas. Se reflexiona sobre otras formas autónomas de acceder al conocimiento y de producirlo desde la autogestión (DIY, DIWO, DIT). Se analiza también la relación con las teorías y textos llegados de otros contextos en procesos de traducción de ida y vuelta, para ver la singularidad de los discursos generados en este contexto particular en relación a otros como el anglosajón, el francés o el latinoamericano. Se examinan así mismo aquellas referencias que surgen a partir y sobre las propias prácticas transfeministas, y que toman el pulso de su evolución e impacto en el ámbito de la cultura contemporánea, y en especial desde la llegada de la teoría queer. Los cambios acontecidos en el ámbito del arte y en algunas de sus instituciones permitieron una serie de encuentros en forma de jornadas y seminarios, en los que las relaciones político-afectivas se han ido consolidando. Su relevancia, y los debates generados en cada uno de ellos, han sido puestos en relación con las diversas prácticas visuales y/o performativas desarrolladas por colectivos y artistas transfeministas, organizando una casuística en torno a los principales temas de discusión. / [CA] Des de finals del s. XX i en aquestes dues dècades del s. XXI, en l'Estat espanyol han proliferat una sèrie de pràctiques i propostes per part d'artistes, col·lectius, teòriques i activistes que comparteixen un posicionament feminista i queer/cuir/kuir. En el transfeminisme conflueixen genealogies (les feministes, les LGTBIQ+, les antiracistes i de(s)colonials) que repensen de manera crítica i complexa el seu entorn i la seua història des de la dissidència. La seua proposta epistemològica, les seues lluites identitàries, la seua vindicació de drets, i la seua àmplia producció cultural i política ha activat canvis en el context contemporani de manera inèdita. La nostra aportació a les xarxes transfeministes a través de 20 anys de treball des del col·lectiu O.R.G.I.A, ens permet elaborar un relat historiogràfic alternatiu que dona compte de la relació entre el polític, l'afectiu i el visual, i de la seua vinculació amb el context, fent ús de l'autohistòria-teoria per a elaborar una memòria estètic-política crítica de les seues accions, les seues pràctiques visuals i culturals, i els seus textos. Des del coneixement situat i una perspectiva encarnada, s'aprofundeix en el "aixovar frankenstein" de referents, antecedents, memòries i imaginaris, que alimenten bona part de les pràctiques artístiques transfeministes i les connecten amb les seues genealogies diverses. Es reflexiona sobre altres formes autònomes d'accedir al coneixement i de produir-lo des de l'autogestió (DIY, DIWO, DIT). S'analitza també la relació amb les teories i textos arribats d'altres contextos en processos de traducció d'anada i volta, per a veure la singularitat dels discursos generats en aquest context particular en relació a uns altres com l'anglosaxó, el francés o el llatinoamericà. S'examinen així mateix aquelles referències que sorgeixen a partir i sobre les pròpies pràctiques transfeministes, i que prenen el pols de la seua evolució i impacte en l'àmbit de la cultura contemporània, i especialment des de l'arribada de la teoria queer. Els canvis esdevinguts en l'àmbit de l'art i en algunes de les seues institucions van permetre una sèrie de trobades en forma de jornades i seminaris, en els quals les relacions polític-afectives s'han anat consolidant. La seua rellevància, i els debats generats en cadascun d'ells, han sigut posats en relació amb les diverses pràctiques visuals i/o performatives desenvolupades per col·lectius i artistes transfeministes, organitzant una casuística entorn dels principals temes de discussió. / [EN] From the end of the 20th century and in these two decades of the 21st century, a series of practices and proposals by artists, groups, theoreticians, and activists who share a feminist and queer/cuir/kuir position have proliferated in the Spanish State. Transfeminism brings together genealogies (feminists, LGTBIQ+, anti-racist, and de(s)colonial) that critically and complexly rethink their environment and history from dissidence. His epistemological proposal, his identity struggles, his vindication of rights, and his extensive cultural and political production have activated changes in the contemporary context in an unprecedented way. Our contribution to the transfeminist networks through 20 years of work from the O.R.G.I.A collective, allows us to elaborate an alternative historiographical account that accounts for the relationship between the political, the affective and the visual, and its link with the context, making use of self-history-theory to elaborate a critical aesthetic-political memory of his actions, his visual and cultural practices, and his texts. From situated knowledge and an embodied perspective, it delves into the "Frankenstein trousseau" of references, backgrounds, memories and imaginaries, which feed a good part of transfeminist artistic practices and connect them with their diverse genealogies. It reflects on other autonomous ways of accessing knowledge and producing it from self-management (DIY, DIWO, DIT). The relationship with the theories and texts coming from different contexts in round-trip translation processes is also analyzed, to see the singularity of the discourses generated in this particular context in relation to others such as the Anglo-Saxon, the French or the Latin American. Likewise, those references that arise from and about the transfeminist practices themselves are examined, and that take the pulse of their evolution and impact in the field of contemporary culture, especially since the arrival of queer theory. The changes that have taken place in the field of art and in some of its institutions have allowed a series of meetings in the form of conferences and seminars, in which political-affective relations have been consolidated. Its relevance, and the debates generated in each of them, have been related to the various visual and/or performative practices developed by transfeminist groups and artists, organizing a casuistry around the main topics of discussion. / Higon Cardete, B. (2022). Redes excéntricas. Una memoria estético/política de las prácticas artísticas transfeministas en el estado español [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/189169

Ma Shouzhen (1548-1604) was a cultured courtesan who lived in the famous pleasure quarter along the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, the southern capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). She was talented in dance and music, painting and poetry, and surprisingly for her time, she was also a playwright. Although she was a celebrity of the prolific Nanjing cultural milieu and there is a good corpus of extant material by and about her, the particular contribution of Ma Shouzhen - her character and her work - have been marginalised, or even neglected, by the previous scholarship. This thesis is a cross-disciplinary study of Ma Shouzhen and is the first in-depth scholarly investigation into the entirety of her activities. It employs material and methods traditionally pertaining to the disciplines of sinology, history, art history, literary and drama studies. The thesis has a dual aim: first, to provide a nuanced understanding of the courtesan, her cultural production and social practice; second, to reclaim the agency and legacy of her character within the cultural milieu of late Ming Nanjing and beyond. These aims will be achieved through two main research objectives: (1) recovering and re-evaluating visual and written sources by and about the courtesan; (2) investigating those sources in order to comprehend her modes of self-representation and strategies of self-fashioning, analysed especially through the lens of gender. The main body of the thesis is composed of an introduction, five core chapters, and an epilogue; the chapters are structured so as to provide as complete a picture of Ma Shouzhen as possible. Chapter Two explores the space of the pleasure quarter, Ma’s biography and its entwinement within the complexities of the historical moment. Chapter Three focuses on her painting, Chapter Four considers her poetry, and Chapter Five explores her theatre practice; Chapter Six extends the investigation to focus on the construction of Ma’s historical character in later decades. In its content and aims, this thesis contributes to women’s and gender history, as well as to studies in visual culture and literature.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis comprises a critical analysis of the relationship between form and function in contemporary iconography that contains religious themes. From the theoretical stance of Visual Culture iconography can be defined as ‘context-specific visual language’. I suggest that meaning is created not only through material usage but also through the hermeneutic content of images. By means of a comparison between an example of what I deem literal iconography and another of figurative iconography, I explore two divergent methods through which religiously-inspired iconography can be employed in the construction of visual texts. The two examples comprise of the evangelical poster Die Smal en Breë Weg (The Broad and Narrow Way) and Willem Boshoff’s Bread-and-Pebble Road Map (2004). / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie skripsie omvat ‘n kritiese analise van die verhouding tussen die aard en die funksionering van kontemporêre ikonografie wat religieuse temas bevat. Vanuit die teoretiese hoek van Visuele Kultuur kan ikonografie gedefinieer word as ‘konteks-spesifieke visuele taal’. Ek stel voor dat betekenis nie alleen gegenereer word deur die materiële gebruik van beeldmateriaal nie, maar ook deur die hermeneutiese inhoud daarvan. Deur ‘n vergelykende analise tussen ‘n voorbeeld van wat ek as letterlike ikonografie beskou en ‘n voorbeeld van figuurlike ikonografie, ondersoek ek twee uiteenlopende metodes waardeur religieus-geïnspireerde ikonografie werksaam kan wees in die konstruksie van visuele tekste. Die twee voorbeelde bestaan uit die evangeliese plakkaat Die Smal en Breë Weg en Willem Boshoff se Bread-and-Pebble Road Map (2004).

In the last decades of the eighteenth century, urban lives were touched by a series of innovations in the technology and aesthetics of illumination. Unfamiliar combinations of new fuel sources and auxiliary equipment (for example, curtains, blinds, glass, mirrors and lampshades) meant that cities looked and felt different during both the day and the night. The spheres of elite, popular, public and private culture explored, exploited and were fascinated by the cultural value of light. Through four case studies in the aesthetics of urban illumination, my thesis demonstrates how the acquisition of skills for the manipulation of transparent and reflective surfaces were crucial when negotiating a balance between self-expression and standards of taste, morality, gender and class. Rather than relying upon canonical examples of the period’s fascination with light, such as the high Romantic idealization of nature’s sunrises and sunsets, my thesis investigates more everyday encounters with light in the built environment: the fashionably genteel pastime of transparent painting; the gendering of light to design both domestic interiors and female identity; the appropriation of patrician top-lighting for public buildings of education and exhibition; and the popularity of illuminated spectacles in commercial pleasure gardens. I argue that these new possibilities of lighting temporarily enabled new possibilities of subjectivity. My historical phenomenology suggests that the formation of perception between 1780 and 1840 was actively directed towards changes in the world through a finely-attuned consciousness of light.

Ce mémoire de maîtrise a pour objectif de montrer la construction de la représentation visuelle de « l’indigène » de la région de Cuzco et sa relation avec le discours de « l’authenticité » tel que défini par l’indigénisme, l’anthropologie et le tourisme. Il s’intéresse au rôle que jouent les médias visuels et audiovisuels dans la création d’une image de l’indigène perçu comme « authentique » et d’un discours commun sur les Andes. Les documents visuels étudiés, tous produits par des Péruviens, sont une sélection de photographies prises par Martin Chambi entre 1920-1945, le film Kukuli (1961) coréalisé par les Cuzquéniens Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama et César Villanueva et la publicité touristique de PromPerú, intitulée «Perú: Vive la leyenda» («Pérou : Vis la légende») (2008). Cette analyse fait ressortir la représentation folklorique et anthropologique de l’indigène telle que suggérée par ces documents, qui l’associent principalement avec les origines, la tradition et le passé précolombien. Elle démontre aussi comment les images constituent une alternative à la stratégie représentationnelle proposée par l’indigénisme lettré et offrent un autre regard sur la réalité. Ainsi, les images technologiques montrent des détails qui ne concordent pas avec les stéréotypes culturels et révèlent un monde d’identités plus nuancées. D’autre part, elles créent aussi un espace de collaboration –entre le photographe/cinéaste et leurs modèles– qui permet aux acteurs sociaux marginalisés de participer à leur propre représentation. Enfin, notre recherche établit le lien entre cette image de l’indigène andin et la promotion touristique du Pérou. / This thesis aims to show the construction of the visual representation of "indigenous people" of the Cuzco region and its relation to the discourse of "authenticity" as defined by indigenismo, anthropology and tourism. We are interested in the role of visual and audiovisual media in creating an image of indigenous person perceived as "authentic" and a shared discourse about the Andes. The visual documents we are studying, all produced by Peruvians, include: a selection of photographs taken between 1920-1945 by Martin Chambi, the movie Kukuli (1961) co-directed by cuzqueños Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama and César Villanueva and the tourism advertising by PromPerú entitled "Peru: Live the Legend" (2008). Our analysis highlights the documents’ mainly folkloric and anthropological representation of “indigenous people”, who are associated with origins, tradition and the pre-Columbian past. Our study also examines how the same images are an alternative to the representational strategy of lettered indigenismo, offering another view of reality. Technological images 1) show details not consistent with cultural stereotypes and reveal a more modulated world of identities; 2) create a space for collaboration –between photographer/filmmaker and models– that allows marginalized social actors to participate in their own representation. Finally, we establish the link between this image of Andean Indians and the tourism promotion of Peru. / Esta memoria tiene como objetivo mostrar la construcción de la representación visual del “indígena” de la región de Cuzco y su relación con el discurso de la “autenticidad” definido por el indigenismo, la antropología y el turismo. Nos interesamos en el papel de los medios visuales y audiovisuales en la creación de una imagen del indígena percibido como “auténtico” y de un discurso compartido sobre los Andes. Los documentos visuales que estudiamos fueron producidos por peruanos y son los siguientes: una selección de fotografías de Martín Chambi tomadas entre 1920-1945, la película Kukuli (1961) co-realizada por los cuzqueños Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama y César Villanueva y la publicidad turística de PromPerú, titulada “Perú: Vive la leyenda” (2008). Por un lado, este análisis destaca la representación mayormente folclórica y antropológica que estos documentos realizan del indígena, asociándolo con los orígenes, la tradición y el pasado precolombino. Por otro lado, este estudio demuestra cómo las imágenes constituyen una alternativa a la estrategia representativa del indigenismo letrado y ofrecen otra mirada sobre la realidad. Las imágenes tecnológicas 1) muestran detalles que no concuerdan con los estereotipos culturales y revelan un mundo de identidades más moduladas; 2) crean un espacio de colaboración –entre fotógrafo/cineasta y modelos– que permite a los actores sociales marginados participar en su propia representación. Por último, establecemos el vínculo entre esta imagen del indígena y la promoción turística de Perú.

Cette thèse étudie l'illustration de la presse anarchiste française sous la Troisième République. À la fois propagande et témoignage de l'actualité, cette illustration est analysée à la lumière de ses relations complexes avec les médias contemporains, avec lesquels les anarchistes entretinrent des polémiques sur la nature et le rôle de l'art, sur la place des images dans la propagande, sur les pratiques de presse et sur un certain nombre d'enjeux sociopolitiques internationaux. / This dissertation is concerned with an analysis of artistic creations and photographic documents displayed in French anarchist periodicals as efficient techniques of spreading social and political ideas and news. Such a production is contextualized in relation to the contemporary press with which anarchist periodicals engaged in a number of polemical discussions on art conceptions and on political issues, throughout the Third Republic.

La présente thèse étudie la production et la consommation d’images par les révolutionnaires russes avant 1917. L’auteur soutient que l’iconographie révolutionnaire russe émane d’un long processus au cours duquel les révolutionnaires se sont appropriés et ont subverti certaines images et stratégies visuelles, ainsi que leurs moyens de production, déjà disponibles au sein de la culture qu’ils avaient entrepris de transformer. Cette appropriation est comprise comme une tentative d'insuffler une cohérence idéologique à un mouvement révolutionnaire en émergence et, ce faisant, en proie à une relative désorganisation. L’auteur montre comment l’usage de portraits et de stéréotypes visuels joua un rôle important dans la construction de l’identité et de la conscience révolutionnaires, d’une part, et comment un certain imaginaire révolutionnaire fut cristallisé dans la culture visuelle contemporaine, d’autre part. / This dissertation studies the production and consumption of images by Russian revolutionaries prior to 1917. The author argues that Russian revolutionary iconography emanates from a long-term process in which revolutionaries appropriated and subverted the images, means of production and visual strategies already available in their surrounding cultural context. This cultural borrowing is analyzed as an attempt of the revolutionaries to give an ideological coherence to an emerging but still disorganized political movement. The author shows how portraits and visual stereotypes have been fundamental in the construction of the revolutionary identity and consciousness, on one hand, and how a certain revolutionary imagination have been crystallized in the contemporary visual culture, on the other hand.

This thesis is an enquiry into the conditions in which various understandings of the newly introduced but vaguely grasped Western notion of ‘art’ emerged and sustained themselves in the name of cultural reproduction in early twentieth-century China. This Western concept of art was translated into Chinese as ‘meishu’, a neologism originally coined in Japanese kanji, and regarded as the embodiment of the ‘national essence’. Through a close examination of five art-related publishing events—the publication of the nationalistic journal Guocui xuebao; the launch of the art periodical Shenzhou guoguangji; the endeavours to compile a book collection on art, Meishu congshu; the making of the text Zhonguo yishujia zhenglüe which claimed to be a history book of Chinese ‘meishu’; and an example of image appropriation from Stephen Bushell’s Chinese Art—this thesis explores the ways in which different ‘neologistic imaginations’ of the term ‘meishu’ were constructed through publishing practices attempting to preserve and reproduce the ‘national essence’, by creating from the existent tradition a category of ‘art’ equivalent to that in the European West. Unlike previous scholarship, which deems any understanding of ‘meishu’ that deviated from the ‘authentic’ European model a ‘misconception’, this thesis sees these disparate understandings of ‘meishu’ as equally valid statements competing for dominance in the discursive field of art. This thesis thus argues that there existed at least three modes of utterances regarding the notion of ‘meishu’ in early twentieth-century China, and that the success of any such given utterance depended upon the acceptance of the authentic quality argued in its strategy of cultural reproduction. This thesis hence not only offers a detailed analysis of each publishing event, but also provides an interpretative framework within which the recognition of these utterances can be analysed by their strategic approaches to claiming cultural authenticity.

This thesis analyses the content, tone, form and authorship of the national newspaper gossip column 1918-1939, as a new means through which the qualities of the popular press in this period can be more closely defined. Often dismissed as an example of the sensational, Americanization of early twentieth-century popular culture, the celebrity gossip column has been loosely grouped with the friendly, informal language and bolder formatting of the ‘New Journalism’ of the late nineteenth century and the development of the dramatic ‘human-interest’ stories of ‘everyday life’ in the interwar period (LeMahieu, 1988; Wiener, 1988). Through a comparative study of six newspapers including the Daily Express, Daily Mail and News of the World, I analyse the changing representation of the celebrity subject, and, originally, the shifting character and persona of the gossip columnist. Whereas some historians have analysed the content of newspapers without considering the questions of the newspaper’s production, I analyse newspaper employment records, gossip columnists’ memoirs and their unpublished letters and diaries to define the specific economic, social and cultural circumstances which, I argue, influenced their public portrayal. Also, in examining the unpublished correspondence between editors, proprietors and columnists and the burgeoning print culture of journalistic training manuals and professional memoirs, I provide a history of the press’s professionalization in this period. The national popular press has often been used as a historical source to define national character and national identity in the interwar period (Bland, 2008; Kohn, 1992). By scrutinizing the content and production of the gossip column and particularly the class, behaviour, interactions and subject matter of the columnist, I argue that the gossip column presented a version of ‘Britishness’ that was not so inward-looking and domesticated as so many accounts of interwar Britain suggest.