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  1. 1. Blood, Sperm, and Tears in Extreme Cinema : A phenomenological study in hegemonic masculinity through Gaspar Noé's Love from a psychoanalytical perspective

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Zara Luna Hjelm; [2020]
    Keywords : Love; Gaspar Noé; psychoanalysis; Brecht; homunculus; film analysis; gender; hegemonic masculinity; sexuality; body horror;

    Abstract : This thesis will analyze how masculinity is depicted in the French-Argentinean director Gaspar Noé’s movie Love (2015), and how it is orientating and disorientating through an intersectional lens. In his films, the filmmaker often uses haptic images and sound traversing to interrogate the existence and to express a clear and abject visuality to expose the flesh. READ MORE

  3. 2. Faustin Linyekula : Postcolonial perspective and heterodoxy in dramaturgy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Marc Antoine Vumilia Muhindo; [2018]
    Keywords : Faustin Linyekula; Postcolonial theatre; Dramaturgy; Congo; French theatre; postcolonial studies; Pierre Bourdieux;

    Abstract :                                          ABSTRACT Bachelor´s thesis in Performance Studies, Stockholm University Spring 2018 Faustin Linyekula: Postcolonial perspective and orthodoxy in dramaturgy Marc-Antoine Vumilia Muhindo  This thesis aims to bring to the fore the means through which artistic postcolonial practices could qualitatively impact the evolution of the performance field in the Western. Research questions include the existence or not of a postcolonial aesthetics. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Ceremonial Body: The Significance of Bodies in Dynastic Ceremonies of the Swedish Monarchy, 1782-1818

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

    Author : Alexander Isacsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Monarchy; ceremony; dynasty; body; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The late eighteenth and the early nineteenth century was a turbulent time for the monarchies of Europe, the Swedish included. Since Gustav III’s coup in 1772, the king strove to enhance the royal prerogative. READ MORE

  5. 4. Negrophilia : en postkolonial visuell studie kring en subkulturs polariserade syn på den Andra utifrån ett genusperspektiv

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Miriam Tennenbaum; [2015]
    Keywords : Keywords: negrophilia; subculture; polarity; hybrid; Paris; 1920s; Josephine Baker; Paul Colin; sexuality; erotic capital; fetischism; primitivism; stereotype; caricature; art; poster; postcolonialism; gender; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the different views on the phenomenon ”negrophilia” that existed in Paris in the 1920s. It's precise meaning is ”love for the black culture” and the art illustrations analysed are originated by the french artist Paul Colin. READ MORE

  6. 5. Il thrilling Italiano: : Opening up the giallo

    University essay from Filmvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Bengt Wallman; [2007]
    Keywords : giallo; fumetti; thriller; horror; whodunit; Mario Bava; Dario Argento; Aldo Lado; Luciano Ercoli; Giuliano Carnimeo.;

    Abstract : This study is a conscious attempt at opening up the discussion on the Italian giallo film of the 1960’s & 1970’s. Part of its mission is examine views and writings currently available on the giallo and using these to analyse the body of films known as the giallo. READ MORE