Aims
BODY POLITICS.
REPRESENTING MASCULINITY IN MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS
International conference
Università degli Studi di Torino, June 6-7, 2017
The conference aims at investigating the interaction between masculinity and the languages of media and performing arts, both from a historical standpoint and from a theoretical perspective. The sessions of the conference will feature a series of presentations informed by the main theoretical and methodological currents in the relevant fields (cinema, video art, television, fashion, advertising, digital and social media, dance, theatre, opera, music, etc.).
The conference will present contribution from the following AREAS:
Choreography/Mise-en-scène/Direction Narratives/Genres Acting/Performance Gaze/Image Spectator/Audience/Consumption Production
TOPICS include, but are not limited to:
BODY |
POLITICS |
ECONOMY |
IDENTITY |
SEXUALITY |
Body spectacle |
Power |
Consumerism |
Straightness |
Masculine/Feminine |
Mutation of the body |
Militancy |
Industry |
Race/Nation |
Eroticism |
Bodybuilding |
Conflict |
Marketing |
Homosexuality |
Seduction |
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Hegemony |
Merchandising |
Homophobia |
Pornography |
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Class |
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Queerness |
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English