Hysterical Representation in the Art of Mary Sibande

Autor:	Ingrid Stevens, Anne Scheffer, Amanda Du Preez
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Psychoanalysis media_common.quotation_subject Interpretation (philosophy) Subject (philosophy) Context (language use) Character (symbol) Representation (arts) Art Hysteria medicine.disease Feminism medicine Fantasy media_common
Zdroj:	de arte. 52:4-28
ISSN:	2471-4100 0004-3389
DOI:	10.1080/00043389.2017.1332503
Popis:	This chapter investigates the artwork of Sibande and how her work makes explicit and implicit references to hysteria in the South African context. The character, Sophie, a domestic worker who is invariably deeply immersed in fantasy, appears throughout Mary Sibande’s oeuvre (ranging from Long Live the Dead Queen 2009 to the series The Purple Shall Govern 2013, 2014). This chapter traces how Sibande’s portrayal of Sophie, where she is continually engaged in fantasy and articulates trauma at the site of the body, is consistent with hysterical representation. The authors interpretation of hysteria is derived from the feminist understanding thereof, where it is not understood as a form of pathology, but rather as a mode of representation which allows the subject to articulate repressed traumatic knowledge and repressed desire in a negotiated manner, from within the confines of an oppressive system.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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