...HOW COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN TFD FOR GENDER BASED VIOLENCE CHALLENGES PATRIARCHY BY Agnes Nthenda UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI FACULTY OF HUMANITIES FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT- DRAMA SECTION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FUFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN HUMANITIES. 26 AUGUST 2013 ABSTRACT This dissertation explores the use of community participation in TfD for Gender based violence in challenging patriarchy. It discusses the idea of TfD and community participation in relation to patriarchy and gender. It also discusses the idea of community participation in relation to TfD, Patriarchy and participation in gender related projects. The analysis in this dissertation focuses on GEWE project which was carried out by CRECCOM as a form of TfD for gender based violence. I look at field work in research, i conduct the performance analysis of the TfD for gender based violence performance and i conduct the analysis for the whole case study, i provide evidence for gender based violence and patriarchal rule in the community and i analyse the involvement of both men and women in the performance and how this helps in challenging...
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...South Africa through Theatre This paper sets out to explore how processes of theatre making employed by The Mothertongue project, provide spaces for women to remap their personal narratives. Mothertongue works from the premise that the development and subsequent performance of stories in theatrical processes affords women the opportunity to re-write and remap their personal narratives and in so doing insert their voices into the landscape of South African Theatre. In an attempt to redress the gender imbalances and androcentricism prevalent in post-apartheid theatre, this paper speaks to the relationship between theatre, liminality and communitas. I am interested in unpacking how collaborative processes of theatre-making provide spaces for women to remap their personal narratives. Remapping in this instance refers to processes of transforming lived experience through story. I address how, through engaging in ritual activities that are central to the stories performed, actors, audiences and the owners of the source stories are invited to physically participate in remapping and transforming lived experience. Linked to this is the choice of form(s) and how this affects or impacts on the performed stories as well as on the construction of performed rituals and ultimately on the processes of remapping personal narratives. I focus specifically on Mothertongue’s 2004 production, Uhambo: pieces of a dream. The production was an integration of theatre and visual art in the...
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...of Gender Performance: From Female Impersonation to Drag What started as a project about contemporary Drag performance began to take new shape upon further research. At the beginning of the semester my goal was to dissect the aesthetics of current drag performers and how their art functions to cause political and social change. However, it soon became apparent that to understand what drag is now I needed to research its past. With further historical research came the need to shift the direction of my project. I found that gender performance has always been political in some way. From the very beginning of theatre in ancient Greece to Rupaul’s Drag Race, using crossdressing in performance has always had an effect on realms of...
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...movie attendance according to gender and the impact, if any, of attendance should the price of the tickets increase. The main objective of 3-D movie producers is to boost demand and increase ticket prices, supporting profitability, which would benefit the movie industry. This research is to determine how much more people are willing to spend for a 3-D movie and if there is a difference in 3-D viewers between males and females. The research will analyze movie theatres in four different locations and the differences in pricing for each theatre. While competition from regular movies or alternative services like video on demand remains, the research will analyze if the demands for 3-D from moviegoers are significant. Procedure Team members will gather data at four area theaters, all of which are showing Harry Potter’s latest movie in IMAX 3-D. The Theaters used for this research are located in the San Francisco Area. They include AMC Woodlands, AMC Veterans, Muvico Bay Walk and AMC Regency. Ticket Sales The team members will conduct an analysis of the 3-D movie ticket sales by recording the requests made for the 3-D presentation at the sales booth. This will be done by a simple log were all observed requests will be recorded. As the showing of the film approaches, researchers will enter the assigned theater hall to take a final tally of the seats occupied. This procedure will enable the team to see a pattern between ticket sales and gender and the effects of the effects...
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...place at Lincoln Theatre and was performed by some of the students that are involved with Ohio State’s Department of Theatre. Based off of reading the written script of the play, I had different expectations for the play than what was actually performed. The playwright presented to be slightly confusing to follow along with since many of the characters have the same name but the actual production made the plot much clearer. The production presented a unique and unexpected outlook on the written play through costume design,...
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...Chapter Nine: Brecht and Epic Theatre Berthold Brecht (1898-1956) was one of the most distinguished representatives of socialist realist art. As a creator, he was multi-sided: poet, dramatist, director, critic and publicist. There can be little doubt that he was one of the most significant writers of the twentieth-century. His work was the most important and original in European drama since Ibsen and Strindberg, but in many ways it is difficult to understand in itself, and to relate it to a tradition which it at once develops and criticizes. Brecht had been writing continuously since 1918, however it was the period between 1937 and 1945 that saw not only some of his finest plays – Mother Courage and Her Children, The Good Person of Szechwan, The Life of Galileo and The Caucasian Chalk Circle – but also the evolution of his most significant theories on the theatre. Brecht’s early dramas were anarchic, nihilistic, and antibourgeois. In them, he glorifies antisocial outsiders such as fortune hunters, pirates, and prostitutes; in keeping with their view on general society, the tone of these works is often cynical. In the years following his conversion to Marxism, Brecht wrote didactic plays whose style is austere and functional. These plays were intended to be performed in schools and factories by nonprofessional actors. In his later plays, Brecht combined the vitality of his early period with his Marxist beliefs to create plays that were dramatically effective, socially committed...
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...The Globe * Shakespeare (1564-1616) * Theatre (part owner 1599) Basics * 2,500 years old * most likely much older as a means to relate information or tell a story * eric bentaky: someone performing something for someone else * Elements of theatre * Actors * Audience * Place to perform * What is performed: script (not always) Brochet simplification * What is performed * The performance (all elements) * The audience * It is the interaction of rhe elements that make the Experience happen Purpose of theatre * Entertain * Provoke thought * Enlighten * Educate * Provoke response * Influence * Audience reacts to actors * Actors feed off audience * All are influenced by other elements Script: what is said Setting and treatment of elements light, sound, effect Qualities of theatre * Lifelike: actors have to transport you to their reality * Ephemeral: here today gone later today * Objectivity – (everything is written for a point of view) * Complex in its means * Theatre is Immediate: happens to us now and never again the same way. Neo classic * Genres cannot be mixed * Tragedy about nobility, comedy about commoners * Characters act in a manor consistent with the status, gender, ethnicity * All plays have 5 acts * Plays must observe unity of time, action, (one plot) and place * 24 hour – one location * up- hold poetic justice (good...
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...their families secretly get married at church and insist on reaching their goal of being together. The whole story is played in the theatre style of the Renaissance; audiences could see violence, young boys are playing female rolls without wearing masks, many scenes and time change. However, if it was played in Greek theatre style, the audience could see a different style of performance and there would be a different effect. In Greek Theatre we would see no violence; males would play female parts by wearing masks, there would be one setting and day light only. In the Renaissance theatre violence was shown frequently at their performances. In the story of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is involved in a street fight and he kills Tybalt, who was Juliet’s cousin. In the Greek theatre no violence was shown. If it was played in Greek theatre style, the audience wouldn’t see violence in the theatre. In my opinion, if we want to play Romeo and Juliet in Greek Theatre style, the option would be a narrator to tell the story of the street fight which ends up with the death of Juliet’s cousin which eventually raises the tension between two families and the opposition of Juliet’s family with marriage to Romeo. In Romeo and Juliet, we can see young boys playing women’s roles in Renaissance style. They create typical images of female characteristics. In a Renaissance theatre young boys were the performers of female roles and they wore no masks if required. Teenage boys were used to play female roles...
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...In “Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas,” Jennifer Pozner analyzes race and gender stereotypes present in the reality television series America’s Next Top Model (ANTM). Race is a symbol of what a person looks like physically. While on the other hand, ethnicity entails nationality, regional culture and language. ANTM, a show by Tyra Banks, is one of the many streams of pop culture that creates a mold of what stereotypes certain people fit into and justify these stereotypes for audiences to see them as real. One group that seems to always be plagued by media and pop culture is, African-Americans, specifically, women. Women are generalized to be, “Angry Black Women,” and it is broadcasted heavily. The “Angry Black Women” stereotype...
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...Performance – Formative Assesment To what extent are the plays you have studied on this module concerned with issues of gender? Both The Crucible by Arthur Miller and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare are highly evocative pieces of theatre that have transcended the category of brilliance and have had a profound effect on the course of Western literature and culture. Both plays explore a broad range of themes, from the supernatural to comments on the power of religion in society. However, I have chosen to explore the ways in which they portray the theme of gender. Firstly I will examine the issues regarding gender in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in particular the oppression of the female characters. I will explore Shakespeare’s portrayal of Titania and Hermia and his ability to disguise the deeper feminist consciousness that is at work. I will then look at the way in which gender is presented in Miller’s The Crucible, ranging from the heroic depiction of John Proctor to the oppositional presentations of Abigail and Elizabeth. William Shakespeare is a famously suggestive author in terms of highlighting issues regarding gender ideology. Although in some works, such as Othello, he reflects and arguably supports the stereotyping of men and women, he is also seen to challenge such representations. A Midsummer Night’s Dream dramatizes tensions between genders, from a young woman quarrelling with her father for the right to choose her own husband, to Theseus marrying Hippolyta...
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...Whenever my life gets convoluted and I feel like my goals have been mixed up in a jumble of busyness, I like to sit down and remember where they came from. I have many fascinations in my life, some of which include a love for the performing arts, supporting gender equality and respect towards women, and learning about my Algonquin heritage. When real life obstructs my purposes,...
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...Book HW #9 (CH. 8) Has diversity had an expected or unexpected impact on your life? Short Answer: Yes, it has! Very much so! Long Answer: As a Black woman from the south who is the daughter of an Nigerian immigrant, diversity has been crucial in my time both at Andover and in my predominately white suburban/rural-ish town. Before attending Andover, I went to a school where myself and many students, classes at my old school did not feel like a safe space, as it was difficult for me to feel accepted and understood by the rest of my classmates. I dealt with stereotypes and offensive comments each day. My race seemed to automatically make me inferior to my white classmates and my gender made me a target for sexist comments. There was a common mindset that other Black and Latinx students and I were not “allowed” or accepted in honors classes since our race meant we were not smart enough. As a result, instead of having my identity accepted, respected, and appreciated, the aspects that made me who I am were detriments to my success. Thus, I hated coming to school and I didn’t enjoy learning. But, after coming to Andover, an environment where classrooms try to be a space where students could engage and learn about the world and become...
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...of women should not be undermined. In reality, as if born to bear the burden of domestic affairs, women tend to unconsciously make more personal sacrifices for family and children than men most of the time. In the short story A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin, the devoted housewife Mrs. Sommers constantly prioritizes the necessities of her family before her own, but is later driven by the joy of gaining self-identity to escape from the dreary obligations of a “good” woman. In this case, the protagonist has clearly been suppressed by her social duties as a female and is unable to enjoy personal freedom. The idea that women should not be constrained by gender conformity applies feminism to the conflicts that Mrs. Sommers encounters. In A Pair of Silk Stockings, feminism is amplified through the portray of traditional gender roles of women in the society, and how Mrs. Sommers struggles to flee from the responsibilities as expected of a wife and mother. First, Mrs. Sommers submits to social pressure and constantly belittles herself, making sacrifices for family and children. Then unexpectedly, she becomes conscious of the value of self-identity and abandons her usual responsibilities that have been constraining her. As a devoted wife and mother, Mrs. Sommers sees the necessities of her family as the priorities in her life, following the virtue of “true womanhood” defined by the society. She is occupied with children caring and housekeeping, and thoughtlessly dedicates her time...
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...ENGLEZĂ ADOCHITEI SIMONA DORINA 2012 CONTENTS Definite Articles ………………………………………………1 Indefinite Articles …………………………………………….3 Zero Articles …………………………………………………..4 Definite Articles The definte article – the We use THE: when there is only one of something: What is the longest river in the world? -“the” is used before “same” (the same) Your pullover is the same colour as mine. These two photographs are the same. -go to the cinema, to the theatre I often go to the cinema but I haven’t been to the theatre for ages. When we say THE CINEMA/THE THEATRE < we do not necessarily mean one particular cinema or theatre. BREAKFAST/LUNCH/DINNER We do not normally use “the” with the names of meals .. What did you have for breakfast? We had lunch in a very nice restaurant. What time is dinner? BED WORK HOME It’s time to go to bed now. I sat down on the bed. Go to work/be at work/ start work/finish work Ann didn’t go to work yesterday. THE+ ADJECTIVE We use THE+ adjective (without a noun) to talk about groups of people, especially: the young the old the elderly the rich the poor the unemployed the homeless the sick the disabled the injured the dead Do you think the rich should pay more taxes to...
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...college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It has 1,608 students and is part of the ACC conference. Being private, I do not get to pay special in-state tuition. Wofford College costs about $53,539. Wofford College only offers coed-housing and does not offer musical theatre, which is a huge deciding factor. With Wofford being a small school, I would have a much better chance of making the cheerleading team. Being at a small school may not offer me as many options for majors, but I have a greater chance of being a somebody instead of a nobody. The University of Georgia is a large, out of state, public University that has 26,882 students. Being out of state, I would pay $41,066 unless; however, if I made the cheerleading team, I would get in state tuition. It is very difficult to cheer for Georgia though, so I should not get my hopes up. UGA offers all girl and fraternity housing and the university is part of the SEC. They also offer musical theatre, which I am very interested in. The University of Georgia’s size may make it hard to be noticed, but the opportunities are endless. Wofford College and University of Georgia both offer theatre which I would like to minor in. They both have an even amount of gender distribution and both offer Greek life. Cheerleading is offered at both colleges which is the major deciding factor of where I want to go. Since I do not know what I want to major in, that is not a issue when choosing...
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