abstract: Through ideologies of gender identity, gender as performance, sexuality, and the transgressions thereof, this document serves as a memoir inside of a memoir. I made a pop concert dance piece through a western dance aesthetic with my thesis paper detailing the experience. What did that look like? Throughout this paper, I will explain my thought process, expectations, and experience through writing, which is a more challenging task for me. I am not an academic writer, but rather a rebel with a cause. My cause is to transgress the system in any way I’m able - through words, dance, and expression. As opposed to the artistic dance piece itself, this paper’s purpose is one of both selfish intent and catharsis. Given this, I approached my thesis paper with the same mindset used when developing my piece, in that I rebel fighting against the heteronormative standards that have run my life. I don’t fill this document with regurgitated theory. Moreover, this document morphed into a cathartic platform for me, a purging of counter-hegemonic principals and ideals. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Dance 2017

Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-18T17:46:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 366060.pdf: 1016572 bytes, checksum: f6bc2cf2d201d09ba688515ac7c93609 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-10-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este estudo tem como objetivo apresentar a comunicação contemporânea, como foco de uma pesquisa que aborda a mídia, a moda, enquanto um processo de mudanças constantes. Com premissa o estudo da construção imagética do ícone Madonna por meio desses veículos. São abordadas hipóteses para a construção de sua persona, um construto que se deu pela inovação visual em seus produtos transmitidos nos meios massivos de comunicação. A moda é tratada como um processo mediático que transite e capta influências de estilo, comportamento, hábitos e atitudes. Para tanto a análise e pesquisa da obra da popstar Madonna que nesta pesquisa, toma corpo como um construto de sua personagem que se vale de tipologias em cada novo trabalho. Ao se debruçar na obra da megastar percebe-se a dimensão de seu trabalho, portanto para uma análise adequada, foi necessário de dividir o seu trabalho em partes. Assim ao fragmentar o conjunto de sua obra, optouse por estudar os videoclipes a fim de traçar um paralelo entre a comunicação, a moda e as personagens interpretadas para a construção da sua persona. Para se entender o contexto em que a diva pop consegue engendrar tamanha influência, o estudo dos paradigmas de Gumbrecht que caracterizam o contemporâneo. Neste estudo a destotalização foi comparado ao aspecto tribal da moda, isto é, a fragmentação da moda e uma construção de visuais sobrepõem estilos. A destemporalização, que aplicado a moda traz o conceito de mistura de estilos, em que a composição do visual parte de referências de ícones passados, misturados com ícones contemporâneos, todos em um tempo só. E a desreferencialização, que pressupõe que essa moda ao ser vista do ponto de vista da performance é criada no espaço mediático. Portanto constata-se que Madonna com sua estratégia de superexposição e mudanças em suas obras, neste estudo os seus videoclipes, afirma-se que estas estratégias se baseiam no sistema da moda, do sistema fashion em que impera o efêmero.

Cette thèse s’intéresse aux processus de production de l’image votive à travers l’étude d’un ensemble de sculptures conservées dans le Sanctuaire de la Madone des Grâces de Curtatone, proche de Mantoue. L’extraordinaire apparat votif que l’on peut y admirer est constitué de cinquante-trois effigies polychromes et polymatheriques, datant pour la plupart du XVIe siècle, représentant le donateur grandeur nature, et pourvues d’accessoires réels (vêtements, cordes, objets dévotionnels…). Ces figures sont disposées dans des niches au sein d’une structure architecturale en bois totalement couverte d’ex-voto anatomiques en cire. Les documents concernant les effigies du sanctuaire de Curtatone sont considérés en rapport à d’autres rares témoignages de cette pratique en Italie. Cette analyse nous permet de réfléchir au rapport qui relie l’objet au donateur, en indiquant qu’il ne s’agit pas précisément de représentations tridimensionnelles de la figure humaine mais d’objets constitués physiquement par le lien votif et qui impliquent des interrogations complexes. Une réflexion de nature anthropologique s’est donc imposée en considérant non seulement le procédé qui préside à leur réalisation mais aussi leur utilisation rendue possible grâce à l’ambiguïté de la représentation et au concept de vraisemblance, qui imprègne la société européenne occidentale qui a élaboré une véritable culture du simulacre. Outre les effigies votives, ce travail prend également en compte les autres éléments qui composent le sanctuaire des Grâces : l’architecture scénographique qui accueille les sculptures, la décoration d’ex-voto en cire qui y sont accrochés, les inscriptions en rimes qui accompagnent les effigies, la fresque florale de la voûte. La portée de ce travail est de démontrer comment ce scénario votif présente une dimension qui dépasse la simple illustration du miracle. Ce dispositif nous oblige à réfléchir sur la dimension plurielle et dynamique propre aux images, qui concerne le rôle de la représentation dans les pratiques dévotionnelles de l’époque moderne (XVe-XVIIe siècles), la capacité que ces sculptures ont de susciter des réactions sur l’observateur et leur fonction à l’intérieur d’un réseau complexe de relations sociales et d’échanges symboliques qui renvoient à la famille Gonzague et à l’ordre franciscain qui gérait à l’époque le sanctuaire. / The purpose of my doctoral thesis is to advance understanding of the process of production of votive images through the study of a set of sculptures exposed in the Sanctuary of Madonna delle Grazie, that is situated on the bank of the Mincio, some five miles west of Mantua. The extraordinary votive display that we can admire inside, is made up of fifty-three effigies representing the life-size donor, mostly dating from the sixteenth century and equipped with real accessories (clothing, ropes, devotional objects ...). These sculptures are placed into an architectural structure that is completely covered with wax anatomical ex-votos. The documents concerning the votive effigies have been linked with other rare sources of this practice in Italy. The fundamental aim is to show that these full-size sculptures has a conceptual dimension that overtakes the simple notion of offering. The devotional act in the Mantuan sanctuary consists in making the survivor recognisable through the realization of realistic images. In doing so, such act pose anthropological questions regarding the efficacy of this ritual and the effects that these sculptures arise in the devotional community. From a more interdisciplinary perspective, what became interesting was to understand the artistic discourses about resemblance and mimesis and about the meaning of pursuing this likeness to the devotee in the ex-voto ritual. This study is also based on several assumptions concerning the elements that compose the Madonna delle Grazie sanctuary: the scenographic architecture in which the sculptures are displayed, the wax decoration, the rhyming votive inscriptions of the effigies, the floral fresco of the vault. The pourpose of this work is to demonstrate how this "votive scenario" presents a dimension that goes beyond mere illustration of the miracle. This system forces us to reflect on the pluralistic and dynamic dimension of images. This dimension concerns the role of representation in the devotional practices of the modern period (15th-17th centuries), the ability of these sculptures to elicit reactions on the observer and their function within a complex network of social relations and symbolic exchanges which refer to the Gonzaga family, rulers of the city of Mantua, and the Franciscan friars that had the care of the sanctuary.

La thèse « La force du religieux et du politique chez Madonna. Une approche de son expression à partir de ses trois documentaires : Madonna : Truth or Dare, 1991, I’m Going to Tell You a Secret, 2005, I Am Because We Are, 2008 » s'intéresse à la façon dont la culture populaire contemporaine utilise des concepts et des outils originaires des domaines du religieux et du politique pour s'exprimer et exercer son influence dans la société. La longévité de la carrière de la chanteuse Madonna fait de son corpus de travail un lieu privilégié pour saisir et analyser l'emploi de tels concepts depuis les années 1990, et offre ainsi l'occasion de mieux comprendre les formes du contemporain et les enjeux de la culture populaire. / This dissertation deals with the ways in which the contemporary popular culture uses concepts and tools coming from religion and politics in order to exert some influence on our society. The length of American singer Madonna’s career makes her decades-long artistic expression a privileged locus where such concepts can be grasped and analysed, starting in the 1990’s. This provides the opportunity to better understand the means of expression in our contemporary world, together with what is at stake in popular culture.

1 Summary The thesis, Imago gratiosa - Crowned Madonnas in Central Europe in the Baroque Period presents original research results primarily focused on the Madonne Coronate collection in the Archivio Capitolo di San Pietro at the Vatican Library, which was realised as part of Charles University grant project no. 356911 Coronation of Merciful Marian Imagos in Central Europe in the 17th and 18th Century. To become merciful (imago gratiosa) or miraculous (imago miraculosa) a Marian imago must demonstrate divine mercy (save lives during a disaster, cause miraculous recovery from illness, conception, etc.). The greatest expression of veneration and devotion to a merciful or miraculous imago or statue of the Virgin Mary is its coronation. The theological basis of this liturgical ceremony is the coronation of the Virgin Mary on her assumption to heaven. On earth, the Virgin Mary was crowned with imitations of the crowns of worldly monarchs and her crowned imago placed on a royal throne or altar, usually made especially for this occasion for greater honour and glory. This was always the exquisite work of goldsmiths and silversmiths, which if not preserved until today, we can see in numerous manuscripts, prints and engravings specially published to mark the coronation. The nature of the coronation ceremony developed...

A deep visual analysis of Ludovico Carracci’s 1588 Madonna and Child, Angels, and Saints Francis, Dominic, Mary Magdalene and the Donor Cecilia Bargellini Boncompagni with an emphasis on the role of the patron, the significance of the locality, and the visual semiotics of the Virgin Mary’s gaze in prompting conversion in the repentant prostitutes of the Carmelite convertite convent associated with Ss. Filippo and Giacomo in Bologna, Italy. Including a commentary on contemporary social expectations of modest behavior and the painting’s deliberate incorporation of inappropriate female behavior towards a religious purpose. A discussion of uniquely Carmelite iconography, the use of Ignatian mental prayer in convents, and self-determination in imagery by a Bolognese aristocratic woman.

The aim of the study is to investigate how femininity is depicted by the female, influential artists Madonna and Beyoncé through music videos. Besides their influence in the musical world, they have also become role models and feminist symbols for women all over the world – however not without also receiving critique. The study will identify the lexical and visual choices that the artists use by a critical multimodal discourse analysis (MCDA). To execute this, two videos from each artist will be analyzed. The most central theories are representation theory and gender theory. The theoretical framework relates to femininity and its representation in media along with relevant connecting concepts. The results show that Madonna and Beyoncé work in different ways to construct femininity in their music videos. Madonna portrays herself in various gender roles whilst Beyoncé usually shows one main character. Both norm breaking and normalized elements are found in the analysis, and it is discussed whether the theme of the video (love/female empowerment) is affecting the results. The relevance of the study is motivated by its anchoring to the UN’s Global Goals on gender equality, the influence of popular culture on young people’s gender-identity development and how this study differs from similar previous research. / Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur femininitet skildras av de två kvinnliga, inflytelserika artisterna Beyoncé och Madonna genom mediet musikvideo. Förutom artisternas påverkan i den musikala världen har dessa kvinnor blivit förebilder och feministiska symboler för kvinnor världen över – men även bemötts av kritik. Studien söker att genom en kritisk multimodal diskursanalys identifiera de lexikala och visuella val artisterna använder sig av i konstruktionen av femininitet. Två musikvideor av vardera artist används för att utföra detta. De centrala teorierna är representationsteori och genusteori. Det teoretiska ramverket relaterar till femininitet och dess representation i media samt relevanta anslutande begrepp. Resultatet visar att Madonna och Beyoncé arbetar på två olika sätt för att konstruera femininitet i sina musikvideor. Madonna porträtterar sig själv i flera olika genusroller medan Beyoncé visar en konstant karaktär. Både normbrytande och normaliserade element hittas under analysen och det diskuteras huruvida musikvideornas tema (kärlek/female empowerment) kan påverka resultatet. Studiens relevans motiveras med koppling till FN:s Globala mål om jämställdhet, populärkulturens påverkan på ungdomars genus- identitetsskapande samt hur studien skiljer sig från tidigare forskning inom samma område.

This paper examines the political, economic and social influences that contributed to the development of the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo. I provide a brief history of the hotel industry and place the Madonna Inn within the historiography and argue that the nexus of three elements in the 1950s and 1960s led to the growth and popularity of the Madonna Inn: fear of nuclear war, growth of the middle class, and the rise of automobile culture in America.

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<p>The purpose with this essay is to study if the exhibition, <em>Maria-Drömmen om kvinnan </em>has a gender perspective and if it contributes to the history of art. The study shows what kind of women the exhibition illustrates and what kind of perspective it has. By telling about the black Madonna I also show that there is another representation of the middle age women in the Roman Catholic Church at this time that the exhibition not have included. The study is also going to illustrate the difference between a genderperspektiv in art and a women’s perspective. I use the world of art and a study from the government to explain how the gender perspective can be used.</p>