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101	A Miraculous Deliverance: An Adaptation Through Historical Criticism and Feminist Theory Taghavie-Moghadam, Mariah 01 January 2019 (has links) This thesis attempts to reconstruct the narrative of Anne Greene, a young female servant in 1650 England that was wrongfully found guilty of infanticide and made into a spectacle by her peers as an example of what happens when one breaks societies gender norms and is met by the influence of the gender politics of the period. Her female body was objectified and placed on display by a ritual performance of the hangman’s noose and the criminal corpse to further the process of by maintaining fear among members of the population, especially rebellious women. Thus, making Anne Greene a subversive figure, victimized by a patriarchal society, a trope that remains relevant today. By way of literary adaptation, explorations of bodily practice, and engagements with the historical archive this thesis allows Anne Greene’s disembodied figure to unfold as a narrative and visual tool in history. This study and the accompanying original play text allow Anne Greene to become an essential figure to feminist studies and continuing struggles for equality in the era of the “Me too” social narrative. Theatre Dramaturgy Playwriting Anne Greene Feminist Theory Ritual Performance Biblical Studies European History Fine Arts History of Gender Other Theatre and Performance Studies Playwriting Theory and Criticism Women's History Women's Studies
102	We Are Standing in the Nick of Time: Translative Relevance in Anne Carson's "Antigonick" Alonso, Michelle 29 March 2016 (has links) The complicated issues surrounding translation studies have seen growing attention in recent years from scholars and academics that want to make it a discipline and not a minor branch of another field, such as linguistics or comparative literature. Writ large with Antigonick, Carson showcases the recent Western push towards translation studies in the American academy. By offering up a text that is chaotic in its presentation, she bypasses the rigid idea of univocality. By giving the text discordant images, she betrays the failed efficacy of sign and signification, and by choosing a text to be performed and mutually participated in, she exceeds ideas of the individual subject as the site of authorship. Ultimately, Carson enacts a theory of translation that critically deconstructs translation itself. Antigonick Antigone Anne Carson Sophocles Bianca Stone Bertolt Brecht Jacques Derrida translation studies performance philoperformance philo-performance material culture postmodernism eros irony performativity American Literature American Material Culture Book and Paper Classical Literature and Philology Continental Philosophy Illustration Literature in English, North America Modern Literature Other Theatre and Performance Studies Performance Studies Translation Studies Women's Studies
103	Kofifi/Covfefe: How the Costumes of "Sophiatown" Bring 1950s South Africa to Western Massachusetts in 2020 Hollows, Emma 15 July 2020 (has links) This thesis paper reflects upon the costume design process taken by Emma Hollows to produce a realist production of the Junction Avenue Theatre Company’s musical Sophiatown at the Augusta Savage Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in May 2020. Sophiatown follows a household forcibly removed from their homes by the Native Resettlement Act of 1954 amid apartheid in South Africa. The paper discusses her attempts as a costume designer to strike a balance between replicating history and making artistic changes for theatre, while always striving to create believable characters. costume design South Africa Sophiatown Malcolm Purkey apartheid civil rights African American Studies Africana Studies African History African Languages and Societies African Studies American Politics Art Practice Arts Management Civil Rights and Discrimination Cultural History Ethnic Studies Fashion Design Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts Finance and Financial Management Fine Arts Graphic Design Housing Law Illustration International Relations Law and Race Other Arts and Humanities Other English Language and Literature Other Theatre and Performance Studies Photography Political History Social and Cultural Anthropology Social History Theatre History

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