Search for dissertations about: "theatricality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word theatricality.

2. 1. Behind Straight Curtains : Towards a queer feminist theory of architecture

   Author : Katarina Bonnevier; Katja Grillner; Alice Friedman; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; architecture theory; gender studies; feminism; queer theory; performance; performativity; heteronormativity; theatricality; Eileen Gray; Natalie Barney; Architecture; Arkitektur;

   Abstract : This thesis presents theatrical queer feminist interpretations of architecture staged within a series of architectural scenes: architect Eileen Gray’s building E.1027 in the south of France (1926-29); author Natalie Barney’s literary salon at 20 rue Jacob, Paris (1909-1968); and author Selma Lagerlöf’s former home and memorial estate Mårbacka, situated in mid-west Sweden and transformed between 1919 and 1923. READ MORE

4. 2. Performing Power : The Political Masks of King Gustav III of Sweden (1771-1792)

   Author : Maria Berlova; Willmar Sauter; Roland Lysell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gustav III; theatricality; theatrical playing; staging; pageant; performative communication; Theatre Studies; teatervetenskap;

   Abstract : King Gustav III founded the Swedish National Theater and Opera, participated in the court theater as playwright, director and actor and he was rightly called the Theater King. The King’s passion for acting was perceived in the past as a psychological weakness, which won him the appellation of wimp (fjant). READ MORE

5. 3. Playing Activists and Dancing Anarchists : Men and Masculinities in Cultural Performances in Contemporary Sweden

   Author : Dirk Gindt; Tiina Rosenberg; David Savran; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural performances; theatrical event; theatricality; gender; men; masculinities; hegemonic masculinity; political demonstrations; prime minister Göran Persson; Sweden; Theatre; Teatervetenskap; teatervetenskap; Theatre Studies;

   Abstract : Playing Activists and Dancing Anarchists is a Ph.D. dissertation that aims to analyse men and masculinities in political demonstrations and similar manifestations by conceptualising and analytically approaching such cultural performances as theatrical events. READ MORE

6. 4. Playing Activists and Dancing Anarchists : Men and Masculinities in Cultural Performances in Contemporary Sweden

   Author : Dirk Gindt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cultural performances; theatrical event; theatricality; gender; men; masculinities; hegemonic masculinity; political demonstrations; prime minister Göran Persson; Sweden; Theatre; Teatervetenskap; Gender studies; Genus;

   Abstract : Playing Activists and Dancing Anarchists is a Ph.D. dissertation that aims to analyse men and masculinities in political demonstrations and similar manifestations by conceptualising and analytically approaching such cultural performances as theatrical events. READ MORE

7. 5. Architectural Flirtations : A Love Storey

   Author : Brady Burroughs; Hélène Frichot; Katja Grillner; Katarina Bonnevier; Naomi Stead; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; architectural flirtations; architectural pedagogy; queer feminist theory; architectural critique; Camp; design practice research; performativity; experimental writing practices; critical fiction; critical architectural theory; Aldo Rossi; ‘significant otherness’; Arkitektur; Architecture;

   Abstract : Formulated as a feminist project, written as a pulp fiction, Architectural Flirtations: A Love Storey begins with our claim that the architectural discipline is centered around a culture of critique, which is based in what bell hooks calls “a system of imperialist, white supremacist, heterosexist, capitalist, patriarchy,” and that the values instilled by this culture not only begin with, but are reinforced and reproduced by, the education of young architects.Sounds serious. READ MORE