Essays about: "In Yer Face"

Found 3 essays containing the words In Yer Face.

1. 1. BLOOD AND SPERM - AND CUNTS : An analysis of the In-Yer-Face theatre genre ́s approach to female roles and characters

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Matilda Belin Larsson; [2023]
   Keywords : In-yer-face; performance analysis; drama analysis; gender studies; violence. ; föreställningsanalys; drama analys; genus; våld;

   Abstract : This essay explores the genre of In-Yer-Face theatre and its representation of women. In-Yer-Face theatre emerged in the 1990s in the UK, characterised by its confrontational style and provocative themes. READ MORE

3. 2. Beyond Morality : Alternative Gay Narratives in Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and Fucking and Dennis Cooper’s The Sluts 

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Makz Bjuggfält; [2017]
   Keywords : Mark Ravenhill; Shopping And Fucking; Dennis Cooper; The Sluts; Gay Male Violence; Gay Capitalism; Gay Consumerism; Gay Hyperreality; Gay Simulacra; Gay Civilisation; Gay Authenticity; Blank Fiction; Transgressive Literature; In Yer Face; Cool Britannia.;

   Abstract : The gay male emerged as a visible public consumer during 1990s, when the LGBTQ movement in the United Kingdom and the United States was marked by conflicting commercial and political motives, heightened by the AIDS crisis. The cultural tension surrounding the gay male subject was reflected through various literary expressions. READ MORE

4. 3. In-Yer-Face: A Study of Unsettling British TV Comedy, Critical Discomfort and Public Offence

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Linn Lönroth; [2013]
   Keywords : Chris Morris; The League of Gentlemen; Offence; Comedy; Bakhtin; Offensive comedy; Brass Eye; The Day Today; Jam; Derek; Ricky Gervais; shock; taboo; humour; dark humour; dark comedy; André Breton; British humour; British TV; transgression; provocation; laughter; Armando Iannucci; BBC; Channel 4; sick humour; tastless comedy; Cultural Sciences; Performing Arts; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : In this essay I explore contemporary British TV comedy that unsettles and offends its audience by pushing humour to its very outer limits. Attempts to breach decorum and provoke the reader/audience is not a new phenomenon, and by looking at the Modernist rejection of bourgeois values I try to contextualise this fascination with transgression and provocation. READ MORE