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    • Surfacing fat : adiposity as adornment 

      Darries, Mouroodah Sulayman (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis provides a critical discussion of, and motivation for, my jewellery practice, in which fat from the human body is transformed into adornment. Drawing on Julia Kristeva’s theory of ‘abjection’, ...

    • After birth : abjection and maternal subjectivity in Svea Josephy's "Confinement" 

      Steyn, Christine (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis I investigate the radical reframing of maternal representation in the photographic series by Cape Town-based artist Svea Josephy (b. 1969), entitled Confinement 2005-ongoing. Using Julia ...