This Masters Dissertation investigates American singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer’s work in order t... more This Masters Dissertation investigates American singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer’s work in order to determine how she generates an inclusive space for women in music through her artistic discourse on femininity and her interactive dialogue with her fans. To achieve this, the dissertation is based upon the different platforms that Palmer uses to interact with her fan base, including her songs, performances, and online presence. A selection of feminist authors will be used to analyse Palmer’s contributions. By looking at her work through a feminist lens, this thesis will examine which tools Palmer uses to promote an inclusive musical space and which existing demands her contributions address. While many popular culture blogs and articles exist on this topic, no scholarly output per say has been published, making this research unique in its contribution to the field of popular cultural studies and sexuality studies.
Chapter one will discuss the methodology used for this investigation. Following a literature review section focusing on women, music and the media, the third chapter will discuss feminist theory directly relating to Palmer’s discourses on femininity. Chapter four will look into the role of music as an open space enabling women to celebrate femininity through which a sense of collective identity is generated. The following chapter will be an analysis of the lyrics and performances of Amanda Palmer, with a focus on femininity. The final chapter will demonstrate how Amanda Palmer’s artistic output and social interaction generates and fosters a narrative of femininity, which in turn feeds her own musical production.
This paper examines the masochistic elements in The Story of O. It uses the works of Sacher-Masoc... more This paper examines the masochistic elements in The Story of O. It uses the works of Sacher-Masoch and others who have written on the theme of masochism to help make sense of what these masochistic performances give to O, the protagonist of The Story of O. One recurring argument which will be addressed is that masochism is an exaggeration of the existing traps that romantic and gender structures create. The paper hopes to show that this exaggeration which O enacts through her masochistic acts is utilized as a method of gaining freedom from the very traps it mimics.
This paper examines how the novel Let the Right One In (2004) by John Ajvide Lindqvist and the 20... more This paper examines how the novel Let the Right One In (2004) by John Ajvide Lindqvist and the 2008 film of the same name directed by Tomas Alfredson, utilize the vampiric monster as a means of showing the abjection inherent in transgressing the body. The novel achieves this end through the use of different themes, such as the constant threat of the infected body, the way in which fluids are used to transgress the human body and the role that mutilation plays in punishing the body that gets too close to the abject. The paper hopes to show that rather than being the original source of transgression and defilement, transgressive bodies were created as a response to violations and transgressions that initially occurred against them.
This Masters Dissertation investigates American singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer’s work in order t... more This Masters Dissertation investigates American singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer’s work in order to determine how she generates an inclusive space for women in music through her artistic discourse on femininity and her interactive dialogue with her fans. To achieve this, the dissertation is based upon the different platforms that Palmer uses to interact with her fan base, including her songs, performances, and online presence. A selection of feminist authors will be used to analyse Palmer’s contributions. By looking at her work through a feminist lens, this thesis will examine which tools Palmer uses to promote an inclusive musical space and which existing demands her contributions address. While many popular culture blogs and articles exist on this topic, no scholarly output per say has been published, making this research unique in its contribution to the field of popular cultural studies and sexuality studies.
Chapter one will discuss the methodology used for this investigation. Following a literature review section focusing on women, music and the media, the third chapter will discuss feminist theory directly relating to Palmer’s discourses on femininity. Chapter four will look into the role of music as an open space enabling women to celebrate femininity through which a sense of collective identity is generated. The following chapter will be an analysis of the lyrics and performances of Amanda Palmer, with a focus on femininity. The final chapter will demonstrate how Amanda Palmer’s artistic output and social interaction generates and fosters a narrative of femininity, which in turn feeds her own musical production.
This paper examines the masochistic elements in The Story of O. It uses the works of Sacher-Masoc... more This paper examines the masochistic elements in The Story of O. It uses the works of Sacher-Masoch and others who have written on the theme of masochism to help make sense of what these masochistic performances give to O, the protagonist of The Story of O. One recurring argument which will be addressed is that masochism is an exaggeration of the existing traps that romantic and gender structures create. The paper hopes to show that this exaggeration which O enacts through her masochistic acts is utilized as a method of gaining freedom from the very traps it mimics.
This paper examines how the novel Let the Right One In (2004) by John Ajvide Lindqvist and the 20... more This paper examines how the novel Let the Right One In (2004) by John Ajvide Lindqvist and the 2008 film of the same name directed by Tomas Alfredson, utilize the vampiric monster as a means of showing the abjection inherent in transgressing the body. The novel achieves this end through the use of different themes, such as the constant threat of the infected body, the way in which fluids are used to transgress the human body and the role that mutilation plays in punishing the body that gets too close to the abject. The paper hopes to show that rather than being the original source of transgression and defilement, transgressive bodies were created as a response to violations and transgressions that initially occurred against them.
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Chapter one will discuss the methodology used for this investigation. Following a literature review section focusing on women, music and the media, the third chapter will discuss feminist theory directly relating to Palmer’s discourses on femininity. Chapter four will look into the role of music as an open space enabling women to celebrate femininity through which a sense of collective identity is generated. The following chapter will be an analysis of the lyrics and performances of Amanda Palmer, with a focus on femininity. The final chapter will demonstrate how Amanda Palmer’s artistic output and social interaction generates and fosters a narrative of femininity, which in turn feeds her own musical production.
Chapter one will discuss the methodology used for this investigation. Following a literature review section focusing on women, music and the media, the third chapter will discuss feminist theory directly relating to Palmer’s discourses on femininity. Chapter four will look into the role of music as an open space enabling women to celebrate femininity through which a sense of collective identity is generated. The following chapter will be an analysis of the lyrics and performances of Amanda Palmer, with a focus on femininity. The final chapter will demonstrate how Amanda Palmer’s artistic output and social interaction generates and fosters a narrative of femininity, which in turn feeds her own musical production.