There is a Dissonance and Density: Disrupting Queer Trauma Through Performative Embodiment Practices

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dc.contributor.advisorMitchell, Allyson
dc.contributor.advisorBell, Shannon
dc.contributor.advisorZatzman, Belarie Hyman
dc.contributor.authorTimpener, Holly Ann
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-15T15:36:45Z
dc.date.available2021-11-15T15:36:45Z
dc.date.copyright2021-07
dc.date.issued2021-11-15
dc.date.updated2021-11-15T15:36:45Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis research-creation thesis presents that through performative actions, Queer performers embody and shift both individual and communal traumas. For this thesis, I have created a Queer performance event series entitled Pi*llOry which had five iterations, wherein I and other Queer performers infiltrate different nontraditional spaces and performatively embody trauma. The exploration in and development of Queer cultural values, beliefs, and political identity is fundamental in our personal trauma investigations. Pi*llOry takes an intersectional approach, to discuss gender identity, sexuality, race, class, and ability as a means to understand and work through Queer trauma. Within this thesis I take a selection of performances presented at Pi*llOry to analyze the event, expose its failures and successes in disrupting trauma through embodiment. This thesis demonstrates how Queer performers use their lived experiences to create work concerning trauma, forming, and engaging a Queer community bound by shared trauma narratives. It is within this Queer performance community that trauma is revisited and transformed to reshape the future.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38754
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPerforming arts
dc.subject.keywordsQueer
dc.subject.keywordsTrauma
dc.subject.keywordsPerformance Art
dc.subject.keywordsQueer Community
dc.subject.keywordsIntersectional
dc.subject.keywordsPillory
dc.subject.keywordsWitness
dc.subject.keywordsEmbodiment
dc.titleThere is a Dissonance and Density: Disrupting Queer Trauma Through Performative Embodiment Practices
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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