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This research project makes use of photographic art practice as an investigative tool, through which a variety of strategies have been employed in order to picture the traditional photographic portrait studio. The thesis provides both a context within which to understand this ar…

This thesis examines occurrences of hypermasculinity in examples from the genre of comic book fiction, utilizing textual evidence to suggest the current collection has re-iterated the more negative hypermasculine components of their source material: comic books. In doing so, the…

This dissertation comprises a study of the concept of desire in the thought of Jacques Lacan. The project identifies and explains the philosophical implications of Lacanian “Erotology,” the logos of eros, the logic of desire, as it is developed in Lacan’s thinking, writing, and …