Embracing the Abject Identity

Author

Cheryl Lynn Hazelton

Date

2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts

Department

Art

Committee Chair

Kate Roberts

Committee Member

Coe Lapossy

Committee Member

David Horan

Abstract

Embracing the Abject Identity asserts that there is a parallel relationship between Julia Kristeva’s theory of defining one’s identity through the abject (what we reject) and the existence of an “abject identity.” This individual is determined by their association with the abject (objects, substances, or states) or alliance with others considered to be abject identities. The idea of embodying and embracing the abject is explored as a means to address issues of identity, body politics, and socio-political disparities through video performance and installation work in an accompanying exhibition of the same title.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest.

Notes

Open Access

Recommended Citation

Hazelton, Cheryl Lynn, "Embracing the Abject Identity" (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3676.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/3676