Essays about: "feminine sublime"

Found 3 essays containing the words feminine sublime.

  1. 1. On Sublimity and the Excessive Object in Trans Women's Contemporary Writing

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Andria Nyberg Forshage; [2015]
    Keywords : aesthetics; becoming; erasure; excessive object; feminine sublime; feminist aesthetics; literary theory; monstrosity; sublimity; transgender theory; trans women s writing; transmisogyny; unrepresentability;

    Abstract : This thesis examines trans women's contemporary writing in relation to a theory of the excessive object, sublimity, transmisogyny and minor literature. In doing so, this text is influenced by Susan Stryker's work on monstrosity, abjection and transgender rage in the article “My Words to Victor Frankenstein Above the Village of Chamounix: Performing Transgender Rage” (1994). READ MORE

  3. 2. The Role of cheerleading in Megan Abbott's Dare me

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Erica Lilja Englund; [2014]
    Keywords : cheerleading; gender roles; liberation; the body; sexualisation; the sublime; sport; the feminine masculine; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay will, essentially, analyse gender roles and the possible liberation from them in the novel Dare Me by Megan Abbott. In the novel, this possible emancipation has its starting point in cheerleading. The sport has since its birth been a symbol for certain gender roles. READ MORE

  4. 3. Light from above. A study of the role of the mise-en-scène in the creation of sublimity in cinematic woman portrayals

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

    Author : Dijana Bendoraityte; [2014]
    Keywords : sublime; woman portrayal; mise-en-scène; atmosphere; lighting.; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This Master’s Thesis explores mise-en-scène as a tool for the creation of sublime experience within the context of cinematic portrayals of female characters. Focus is set on introducing the concepts of the sublime and mise-en-scène and on illustrating, using films, how the mentioned concepts interplay in the creation of female portrayals. READ MORE