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Making the Man: 'Suiting' Masculinity in Performance Art

Description: This paper examines research on the significance of clothing, specifically, the "men's suit," in select examples of contemporary American performance art. Drawing on sociology and art history, it considers the suit as a form of communication, and it suggests that performance artists Chris Burden, Paul McCarthy, and Vanessa Beecroft have used the "men's suit" to explore and communicate something about masculinity as a socially and culturally constructed hegemony.
Date: March 31, 2005
Creator: Cornwell, Alicia & Way, Jennifer
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Man Ray's 'Noire et Blanche': Avant-garde, fashion, and Other(s)

Description: This paper discusses research on Man Ray's 'Noire et blanche' photographic series that features a female model and an African mask. This paper advances beyond the too often superficially noted formal similarities and contrasts between the representations of the woman and the mask to identify cultural connections between the representations of the woman and the mask to identify cultural connections between them involving sexual and racial "Otherness".
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Weston, Charisse & Way, Jennifer
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Avalokiteśvara: Bodhisattvas and Signs of Change

Description: Paper examines the evolution and transformation of Buddhism in different cultures by focusing on the example of Avalokiteśvara, a Bodhisattva traditionally depicted as a man who was eventually depicted as Kuan-yin, a woman, once fully transitioned into Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Date: 2010
Creator: Santayana, S.M.
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The Eighteenth Century Worker: Goya's Tapestry Cartoons and the Influence of the Enlightenment [Presentation]

Description: Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the eighteenth century worker and Francisco de Goya's Tapestry Cartoons and the influence of enlightenment.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: England, Erin; Hopkins, Caitlin; Thompson, Shana & Donahue-Wallace, Kelly, 1968-
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