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31	The poesis of decay : a painter's response to the dystopian aesthetic De Jager, Thea Laurette January 2019 (has links) This study focuses on the investigation and deconstruction of the phenomena of the South African dystopian society, as reflected in the novels of Lauren Beukes and films by Neill Blomkamp. The characteristics and signifiers of a uniquely South African dystopian society are established and investigated through a posthuman lens. The theoretical framework of this study is principally concerned with the critical posthuman writings of Rosi Braidotti, Donna Haraway and, to a lesser extent, Cary Wolfe. Feminism and post-colonialism, and their influences on posthuman theory, are applied as the secondary theoretical framework, in this study. The study is practice led, with the study of the literature serving as mutually informative to the execution of a body of work centred on the dystopian theme. The paintings are intended to be metonyms for the wide range of manifestations of social decline evident in contemporary South African narratives. / Arts and Music / M.A. (Visual Arts) Avarice Beukes (Lauren) Blomkamp (Neill) Contemporary painting Decay Dystopia Feminism Identity Post-colonialism Posthumanism South Africa 809.93372 Dystopias in literature Dystopias -- In art Beukes, Lauren -- Themes, motives Blomkamp, Neil, 1979- -- Themes, motives Braidotti, Rosi -- Themes, motives Avarice in literature Avarice in motion pictures
32	Salome: Reviving the Dark Lady Gibson, Alanna Marie 05 June 2014 (has links) No description available. African American Studies American Literature Bible British and Irish Literature Comparative Literature Cultural Anthropology Dance European Studies Experiments Folklore Gender Language Arts Literature Minority and Ethnic Groups Modern History Religion Scandinavian Studies Theater Womens Studies Beauty Early Modern Period religion Dark Lady Nella Larsen Choreopoem Salome Elizabeth Cary Women of Color feminism sexism sexuality revival art literature poetry racism nontraditional beauty
33	Nine Lives: A History of Cat Women, Subversive Femininity, and Transgressive Archetypes in Film Barnett, Katrina 08 1900 (has links) The intention of this thesis is to identify and analyze the cat woman archetype as a contemporary extension of the transgressive witch archetype, which rampantly appears over the course of cinema history, working as a signifier of a patriarchal society's fear of autonomous and subversive women. The character of Catwoman is the ultimate representation for this archetype on grounds of her visibility, longevity, and ability to return again and again. More importantly, Catwoman and her sisterhood of cat women work against male creators as a means of female empowerment through trickery. Within this thesis, key films of varying genres are drawn from throughout cinema history and analyzed in order to demonstrate the intertextual network of characters that make up the cat woman archetype, and the importance of the Catwoman character in her many forms. Catwoman subversive women witches femme fatale female archetypes in film cats and women cat goddess female sexuality strong willed women female laughter womens laughter unruly women patriarchal storytelling batman returns bringing up baby war of the roses that darn cat bell book and candle cat people the dark knight rises batman television curse of the cat people tomb of ligeia the blue bird cat girl gale sondergaard michelle pfieffer anne hathaway eartha kitt julie newmar halle berry nastassja kinski paul schrader tim burton island of lost souls panther woman katharine hepburn cary grant christopher nolan female resurrection Cinema Gender Studies Women's Studies

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