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A Semiotic reading of gendered subjectivity in contemporary South African art and feminist writing

This dissertation investigates the correlation between semiotic theory and the way that
gendered subjectivity is represented in contemporary South African art. The phenomenon
of signification is central to the semiotic theories of the Bulgarian semiotician and
psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva. Semiotics can be described as the science of the sign that
considers the way in which artists express their personal experience in art making.
In this investigation I refer mainly to women's artworks, although the concept of
gendered subjectivity in the work of male artists is also discussed. This particular
research investigates the symbolic relations of culture in gender terms, that explores the
apparent contradictions of subjectivity inherent in capitalist patriarchal society. / Art History, Visual Arts and Music / M.A. (Visual Arts)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/1026
Date30 November 2002
CreatorsDe Gabriele, Mathilde Daatje Johanna Fenna
ContributorsDreyer, Elfriede, 1953-
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Format1 online resource (vii, 150 leaves)

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