ATT GÖRA EN FIN DAM HETERONORMEN I EN FÖRVANDLINGSKOMEDI
Abstract
Analysis of the piece Pygmalion in set at the Gothenburg City Theatre
from a gender perspective with the purpose to investigate which genders that are
presented and how the piece relates to the heterosexual norm. The method consists in
the analysis and discussion of how the pieces portrays females and males (with focus
on feminine and masculine coded expression and presentation of desire) and what
consequences it brings. This based on various method books of norm-breaking design
work for Aesthetic staff, and a theory based on Judith Butler's research. Primary
material consists in a piece analysis of Pygmalion, from a spectator's perspective.
Main Results: The designing is consciously working with a set of norm-breaking
gender expression, particularly female genders. The set translates socially critical
views against patriarchal hierarchies. It exposes the normative genders as socially
constructed. However, the piece misses norm-breaking male genders among subjects
portrayed. It is also founded on a heteronormative understanding of gender, detecting
two key counterparties in a heterosexual female and male, which in their natural state
desire each other. The heteronorm remains unproblematically portrayed despite
multifaceted gender expression and criticism of gender-oriented power hierarchy.
Degree
Student essay
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Date
2015-01-02Author
Ekenberg, Anton
Keywords
Theatre
Performance
Gender
Heterosexual
Norm
Language
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