Spinning in my mother's garden : a search for subjectivity : an exegesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorWalker, Justine
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-08T01:25:04Z
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dc.date.available2010-07-08T01:25:04Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionAppendix C contains video files which were unable to be uploaded onto the institutional repository, but are available with the hard copy of the thesis.en_US
dc.description.abstractIs female subjectivity possible within a patriarchal system? The following discussion investigates feminist thought though equality, difference and androgyny, mapping the achievements, setbacks, advantages and disadvantages of each through the theories of Luce Irigaray, Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva and others. Discussing Irigaray’s thoughts on disrupting the symbolic with mimesis and hysteria, how intersubjectivity might be possible through a syntax appropriate to women and the possibility of female genealogies through craft and the work of artists such as Louise Bourgeois and Eva Hesse. Derrida’s theory of Différance is used in relation to Irigaray’s ideas of difference and morphology. And allows for Kristeva’s thoughts on the essential meaning of language being in a constant state of flux and therefore fixed definitions of identity are pointless. Virginia Woolf’s use of androgyny and modernist style in her writing is considered in relation to Kristeva’s ideas of revolutionary writing, and how destructive fixed gendered identities can be. The deconstruction of masculine and feminine identities is advocated by Kristeva to allow for individuality and subjectivity.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/1436
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectSubjectivityen_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectPatriarchal systemsen_US
dc.subjectDifferenceen_US
dc.subjectLuce Irigarayen_US
dc.subjectJulia Kristevaen_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::410000 The Artsen_US
dc.titleSpinning in my mother's garden : a search for subjectivity : an exegesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorWalker, Justine
thesis.degree.disciplineFine Artsen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)en_US
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