Graduation Year
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Granting Department
Mass Communications
Major Professor
Lori Roscoe, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Stacy Holman-Jones, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Ambar Basu, Ph.D.
Keywords
Performance, Cyborgization, Illness, Social Construction, Resistance, Mind/Body
Abstract
The two essays that comprise this thesis use personal narrative to discuss various aspects of illness, resistance and the body. The first essay uses performance theory to explore the social structures, mandates and restrictions concerning illness. I use the cancer experience to explore the co-creation of self, identity, and modes of being between "performer" and "audience." "Performer," in this case, is the "breast cancer patient," and the "audience" is comprised of the "social others.” The second essay explores cyborgization of the body, its painful effects, and associated social and moral values. It also discusses how we create theory and understanding of self through fiction, media and experience.
Scholar Commons Citation
Bartell, Joanna, "Bastards, Brains, Boobs and Performance: A Retrospective Account" (2010). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/3511
