Thesis (MA)-- Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis provides a critical discussion of, and motivation for, my jewellery practice, in which fat from the human body is transformed into adornment. Drawing on Julia Kristeva’s theory of ‘abjection’, this research scrutinises the grotesque status of body substances in the modern media, with the intention of changing viewer reactions to these substances from repulsion to aesthetic enjoyment. I consider the influence of popular culture, where idealised bodies are promoted as ‘better’ than non-normative body types, and then consider how (or whether) the abject remainders of the ‘ideal body’ can successfully be refigured as adornment. In order to situate my practical Masters work in the wider field of contemporary avant-garde jewellery practice, I study the work of select jewellers, who also refer to, or use, body substances in critical ways in their work. Through this, I hope to scrutinise both normative notions of the body and of jewellery as adornment. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis dien as ’n kritiese bespreking van en motivering vir my praktiese juwelierswareontwerp, waarin vet afkomstig van die menslike liggaam verander word in versiering. Die navorsing gebruik Julia Kristeva se teorie van ‘abjection’ om die groteske status wat liggaamstowwe in die moderne media het, uit te pluis, met die doel om die toeskouer se reaksie op hierdie stowwe van afkeer in estetiese genot te verander. Ek oorweeg die invloed van populêre kultuur waarbinne geïdealiseerde liggame as ‘beter’ as nie-normatiewe liggaamstipes aangebied word. Ek kyk verder na hoe (en of) die vernederende (‘abject’) oorblyfsels van die ‘ideale liggaam’ suksesvol as versiering omvorm kan word. Om my praktiese werk vir die Meestersgraad binne die wyer veld van kontemporêre avant-garde juwelierswarepraktyk te vestig, ondersoek ek ook werk van sekere juweliers wat ook liggaamstowwe in hulle werk gebruik, of daarna verwys. Hierdeur hoop ek om die normatiewe idees van beide die liggaam en juweliersware as versiering uit te pluis.

Thesis (MFineArt)--University of Melbourne, VCA Art, The Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Music, 2010. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-44)

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-10-20T10:58:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 gisellemoraesmoreira.pdf: 362491 bytes, checksum: ec4a38a43659e283839dee45bcf6f082 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-10-25T12:25:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 gisellemoraesmoreira.pdf: 362491 bytes, checksum: ec4a38a43659e283839dee45bcf6f082 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-25T12:25:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 gisellemoraesmoreira.pdf: 362491 bytes, checksum: ec4a38a43659e283839dee45bcf6f082 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-04 / O presente estudo tem por escopo discutir as representações do corpo na sociedade contemporânea. Para tanto, apresentamos duas grandes vertentes teóricas acerca do tema. Um primeiro grupo de discussões associa o corpo à idéia de objeto, como que construído e modelado pela cultura. Um segundo grupo de discussões apresenta-o como sujeito, identidade. No estudo das representações sociais serão apresentados resultados de pesquisa qualitativa, realizada com a conjunção de entrevistas, discussão em grupo e observação participante. As pesquisas empíricas foram realizadas com estudantes e professores universitários na cidade de Juiz de Fora, MG, e as observações feitas em duas academias de ginástica também em Juiz de Fora. Acreditamos que estudar o corpo é revelar muito da face, dos paradoxos e inquietações do nosso atual contexto social. / The present study has in its scope the discussion on the representations of the body in the current society. To that end, we present two major theoretical aspects on the subject. A first discussion group links the body to the idea of object, as it was build and shaped by the culture. A second discussion group presents it as the subject, identity. In the social representation study it will be presented the results of the qualitative research, conducted with the combination of interviews, group discussion and participant observation. The empiric researches were conducted with university students and teachers in Juiz de Fora, MG, and remarks made in two gym academies in Juiz de Fora as well. We believe that studying the body is revealing much of the face, the paradoxes and worries of our current social context.