The abject, frail fourth age body: art jewellery as a tool to re-interpret aged female bodies

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dc.contributor.advisorTerreblanche, Carineen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorvan Niekerk, Lanien_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-14T13:21:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-17T08:23:11Z
dc.date.available2019-02-14T13:21:57Z
dc.date.available2019-04-17T08:23:11Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.descriptionThesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2019.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates art jewellery as social communicator and questions the way in which the Fourth Age female individual is perceived. The argument of this thesis will be presented in conjunction with visual imagery of the series of pieces that have been created. Through my art practice, I aim to destabilise abject, frail bodies as a parallel for identity in the fourth age. Through the process of material investigation and making it becomes evident that the aged body is delicate and fragile, yet beneath the surface that is perceived as decay lies a vast pool of beauty, experience and strength that is overlooked. This thesis, along with my practical body of work acts as the catalyst to forming new perspectives and perceptions surrounding the fourth age female body and identity.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek juweliersware as kunsvorm en sosiale kommentator, asook hoe juweliersware die manier waarop vroulike ‘fourth age’ individuë aanskou word kan bevraagteken. Die argument van hierdie tesis word angebied tesame met visuele beelde van die reeks stukke wat gemaak is. Deur my praktiese werk mik ek om abjekte, brose liggaame as parallel vir identiteit in die ‘fourth age’ te ondermyn. Deur middel van deeglike praktiese ondersoek- en maakprosesse blyk dit dat die bejaarde liggaam wel delikaat en broos is, maar onder die oppervlak wat aanskou word as aftakeling, skuil ‘n omvangryke poel van prag, ervaring en krag wat oorsien word. Hierdie tesis, tesame met my reeks praktiese werk, dien as katalisator vir die vorming van nuwe perspektiewe en idees oor die bejaarde vroulike liggaam en identiteit.af_ZA
dc.format.extentix, 97 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106006
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectFrail elderly women -- Psychological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectElderly, frail women -- Psychological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectAging -- Women -- Psychological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectOlder people -- Women -- Psychological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectFrail elderly -- Women -- Physiological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectFrail older people -- Women -- Physiological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectElderly, frail women -- Physiological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectAging -- Women -- Physiological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectOlder people -- Women -- Physiological aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.titleThe abject, frail fourth age body: art jewellery as a tool to re-interpret aged female bodiesen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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