In 1957 a number of women's organizations were involved in planning a government-sponsored Festival of Women - an event that indicates contemporary awareness of and interest in the changing position of women. This study is similarly concerned with the position of women in the 19…
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"Older people are beautiful!" "Older people are beautiful images of God!" Even though contemporary western society is powerfully shaped both by the visual and by an increasingly ageing demographic, the above statements are rare and counter-cultural. Yet they are statements total…
This thesis offers a theoretical investigation into concepts of beauty, the sculptured body and myths of Venus and Medusa, primarily through the works of Igor Mitoraj and Marc Quinn. These themes are transformed and inverted in the Looking-glass towards the trans-body, which is …
My research explores the tension between being and becoming modern and moral for British-born Muslim Pakistani women in Sheffield through an investigation into the judgements that surround beauty, beautification, and beauty work. Through ethnography I unpack the raced and classe…
Anatomical illustrations have been integral to modern anatomy’s practice and instruction since its conception as a discipline in the sixteenth century. While this practice lends itself to modern anatomy’s highly visual nature, the bodies featured in anatomical illustrations have…
This study explores the role of religious aesthetics in providing a religious experience from the perspectives of both the history of religion and contemporary scholarship on the subject. The study utilizes a phenomenological approach which looks at religious aesthetics as a vis…
This thesis develops a conceptual framework for understanding the relevance of beauty in the spiritual formation of contemporary high school students, and then this thesis surveys some practical applications of that framework. Chapter 2 defends the objectivity of beauty as neces…
Building on recent scholarship in (a) theological retrieval of the Christian tradition, and (b) Protestant developments in theological aesthetics, this project is concerned with the exploration and development of soteriology’s aesthetic dimension. Specifically, it examines the r…
Asian cosmetics play an increasingly significant role in the global cosmetics industry, exemplified by the worldwide Korean Wave and China’s emergence as the world’s second largest cosmetics market. From the Japanese Shiseido to the numerous emerging brands in China, Asian cosme…
This dissertation attempts to shed explanatory light on the work of Johann Sebastian Bach by situating it within the broader framework of Lutheran theological aesthetics. Although Bach has long been considered one of the most influential musicians in European history, he wrote v…
Israel's most sublime Song contains some of the most exquisite yet enigmatic poetry in the Hebrew Bible. One of the chief difficulties in interpreting the Song's lyrics is the unusual imagery used to depict the lovers' bodies. Why is the maiden's hair compared to a flock of goat…
Meta fetişizminin hüküm sürdüğü toplumlarda ihtiyacın karşılanması ikincil düzeye taşınarak –mış gibi ihtiyaç görüngüleri oluşturulmaktadır. Bu yapay ihtiyaçların tüketim döngüsüne sokulması, üretimin tüketim tarafından ikame edilmesi de postmodern evrimsel sürecin başat özellik…
Using feminist poststructuralist and postcolonial lenses, I explore how young Lebanese-Canadian women construct health, obesity, and the body within the context of the dominant obesity discourse, which over-emphasizes supposed links between inactivity, nutrition, obesity, and he…