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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorWan, Evelyn
dc.contributor.authorMetaxa, Iliana
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-10T01:01:01Z
dc.date.available2023-03-10T01:01:01Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/43634
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.language.isoEN
dc.subjectThis thesis investigates how two feminist craftivist performance art pieces, Casey Jenkins’ Casting Off My Womb and Wool-spinning Witches and Creabea’s by the Feminist Needlework Party, reclaim abject femininity in profound ways. Through recalling subversive performance art practices of the 60’s and 70’s, retracing the threads on the gendered history of craft and needlework and deconstructing harmful dominant cultural representations, narratives and discourses, this thesis explores how the two c
dc.titleWith Needle and Threat: Resignifying Abject Femininity through Feminist Craftivist Performance
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsperformance; performance art; feminism; craftivism; activism; abject; needlework; craft; witchcraft
dc.subject.courseuuArts and Society
dc.thesis.id14789


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