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Allison Levy deposited “Last Rites: Mourning Identities (?)” in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 8 months agoAfterword of Widowhood and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe
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Allison Levy deposited “Framing Widows: Mourning, Gender, and Portraiture in Early Modern Florence” in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 8 months agoCh. 13 of Widowhood and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe
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Allison Levy deposited “Widow’s Peek: Looking at Ritual and Representation” in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 8 months agoIntroduction to Widowhood and Visual Culture in Early Modern Europe
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Joseph Dunne deposited Regenerating the Live: The Archive as the Genesis of a Performance Practice in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 8 months agoLive performance lacks the durability of art practices such as photography, film and
painting, and so definitions of ‘live’ acts have traditionally been formulated in terms
of ‘transience’ and ‘disappearance’. In this context the archive and archival documents
are often described as the antithesis of performance’s ontology. An archive’s pri…[Read more] -
Allison Levy deposited “Strange Bedfellows,” Introduction to Sex Acts in Early Modern Italy: Practice, Performance, Perversion and Punishment in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoEmphasizing the peculiar, the perverse, the clandestine and the scandalous, this volume opens up a critical discourse on sexuality and visual culture in early modern Italy. Contributors consider not just painted (conventional) representations of sexual activities and eroticized bodies, but also images from print media, drawings, sculpted objects…[Read more]
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Allison Levy deposited Sesso nel Rinascimento in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months agoQuesto volume propone un discorso critico sulla sessualità e sulla cultura visiva dell’Italia rinascimentale. I saggi raccolti tentano di fare luce su una serie di zone d’ombra, dando spazio a tutte quelle pratiche o preferenze considerate in genere come alternative o anomalie, e a un’ampia varietà di scenari “scandalosi”. Particolare attenzione…[Read more]
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Andrea Pagnes deposited RECONFIGURING THINK TANKS AS A DISCURSIVE, SOCIAL MODEL IN CONTEMPORARY ART | Artist-in-Residencies as places of continuity, mutuality, free thinking and independent research in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months agoFunded with support from the European Commission | Education and Culture DG, The RE-TOOLING RESIDENCIES project is addressed to both arts communities and art institutions looking to create arts residency centres in Eastern Europe and to cooperate with existing centres of this kind.
The project aims to foster cooperation and mutual support between…[Read more] -
Andrea Pagnes deposited RECONFIGURING THINK TANKS AS A DISCURSIVE, SOCIAL MODEL IN CONTEMPORARY ART | Artist-in-Residencies as places of continuity, mutuality, free thinking and independent research in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months agoFunded with support from the European Commission | Education and Culture DG, The RE-TOOLING RESIDENCIES project is addressed to both arts communities and art institutions looking to create arts residency centres in Eastern Europe and to cooperate with existing centres of this kind.
The project aims to foster cooperation and mutual support between…[Read more] -
Andrea Pagnes deposited RECONFIGURING THINK TANKS AS A DISCURSIVE, SOCIAL MODEL IN CONTEMPORARY ART | Artist-in-Residencies as places of continuity, mutuality, free thinking and independent research in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months agoFunded with support from the European Commission | Education and Culture DG, The RE-TOOLING RESIDENCIES project is addressed to both arts communities and art institutions looking to create arts residency centres in Eastern Europe and to cooperate with existing centres of this kind.
The project aims to foster cooperation and mutual support between…[Read more] -
Jacqueline Taucar started the topic CATR/ACRT 2017: Performing the Anthropocene (May 27-30, 2017, Toronto, Ontario) in the discussion
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThe Canadian Association of Theatre Research/L’Association canadienne de la recherche théâtrale is hosting it’s annual conference in Toronto, Ontario at a number of downtown venues from May 27-30.
This conference, Performing the Anthropocene: Setting the Stage for the End of the World, brings together scholars, educators, students, and prac…[Read more]
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Jacqueline Taucar created the group
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Sarah Jenkins deposited Hegemonic “Realness”? An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of RuPaul’s Drag Race in the group
LGBTQ Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 12 months agoRuPaul’s Drag Race is one of the few reality television shows focusing on QLGBT (queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) identified individuals that has made it into mainstream consciousness. Drag Race provides a unique perspective on the ways that gender identity, sexuality, size, class, race, and ethnicity intersect and interact in…[Read more]
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Krzysztof Fordonski deposited Handling the Touchy Subject. The Treatment of Author’s Alleged or Actual Homosexuality in Polish Studies in History of English Literature in the group
LGBTQ Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThe paper presents the presence of English homosexual authors in Polish literary studies mostly aimed at students of history of English literature. From a review: “As indicated in the opening paragraphs, queer theory and broadly LGBTIQ approaches have been finding new homes as well as finally being given voices in publication. One such from…[Read more]
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Krzysztof Fordonski deposited The Shaping of the Double Vision. The Symbolic Systems of the Italian Novels of Edward Morgan Forster in the group
LGBTQ Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThis study presents the formative period of the English novelist E. M. Forster (1879-1970) with a special stress on the usage of symbolism in his early fiction. The book offers a new approach to Forster’s symbolism derived from the theoretical studies of Michael Riffaterre and his concept of symbolic systems – subtext and syllepsis. The author…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Welcome to the LGBTQ Studies community! in the discussion
LGBTQ Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoHello to all new members of this LGBTQ Studies group!
On the right, you’ll see a breakdown of the different features of groups on Humanities Commons. We look forward to seeing what you do, make, and share here!
Best,
Nicky
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Jeffry Acaba deposited Meanings, Preferences, and Power among Men Having Sex with Men in Manila in the group
LGBTQ Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThis study explores the meanings, preferences, and power relations ascribed to sexual roles. One hundred and seventy-eight men having sex with men (MSM) participated in an online survey in 2010, seven of whom participated in a faceto- face in-depth interview in order describe the scripts attached to sexual roles, preferences for sexual partners,…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate created the group
LGBTQ Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years ago