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Visuele kunstenaars as karakters in die oeuvre van Ingrid Winterbach : 'n gender ondersoek
Thesis (DPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/134630 Visuele kunstenaars as karakters in die oeuvre van Ingrid Winterbach : 'n gender ondersoek Henn, Maryke Viljoen, Louise Visagie, Andries Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Afrikaans & Dutch. Ingrid Winterbach -- Criticism and interpretation Artists in literature Gender identity in literature Feminism and literature -- South Africa Psychic trauma in literature UCTD Thesis (DPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Henn, M. 2025. Visuele kunstenaars as karakters in die oeuvre van Ingrid Winterbach: 'n gender ondersoek. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/0c287573-3a79-422c-9861-9a5738285c1c ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ingrid Winterbach is known as a writer and as a visual artist. This study examines the representation of the visual artist characters in her work with a focus on gender issues. The development of her focus on gender issues is analysed to determine whether the artist characters she represents, are connected to a society where gender roles are blurring and the spectrum of gender identities continues to unfold. The representation of the visual artist characters is examined against the background of South Africa’s socio-economic and political landscape as well as the international art environment. Because of the historical layering of Winterbach’s work, history often figures as a frame of reference. In chapter 2 the concept of gender is examined with reference to the theoretical concepts of subjectivity, corporeality and intersectionality. Subjectivity is viewed from a feminist perspective, particularly where it integrates with work by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. The intersection between Foucault and feminism with regards to corporeality and power is the focus of this study. It is complemented by the ideas of the French feminist Hélène Cixous who considers the body as a reference point for writing and sees the body as a social construct. The visual artist characters are studied within relationships and social structures, the role of the corporeal as determined by cultural codes and norms as well as power. The way in which it plays out in the context of the novels serves as a starting point. The role of the corporeal is addressed with reference to Elizabeth Grosz’s theorisation of the inscriptive body and the lived body. Due to the variety of characters, Kimberlé Crenshaw’s understanding of intersectionality is used to point to multiple discrimination. Lastly, the influence of trauma is explored because of the variety of characters that suffer from distressing experiences. Chapter 3 is an analysis of the representation of the female visual artist characters. The focus is on the male-centeredness of society, the relationship between commercial success and recognition, the role of corporeality and the influence of trauma, as well as the issue of intersectionality. In chapter 4 the representation of the male visual artist characters is examined. Here the focus again falls on the male-centeredness of society, the relationship between recognition and commercial success and the influence of trauma; in addition, the influence of the heteronormative society on the older male artist as well as the representation of different gender identities are also explored. Chapter 5 focuses on the shift from female visual artists to male visual artists over the course of Ingrid Winterbach’s oeuvre. In addition, other role players in the arts environment are examined with reference to gender representation and how it can be linked to conditions in the South African and international arts environments. The final section addresses the role that the myth of the old master plays in Winterbach’s oeuvre. Chapter 6 concludes the study. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Ingrid Winterbach is bekend as skrywer en as visuele kunstenaar. In hierdie studie word die uitbeelding van visuele kunstenaarkarakters in haar werk ondersoek met die fokus op genderaangeleenthede. Die ontwikkeling van haar fokus op genderkwessies oor die loop van haar oeuvre word ontleed om vas te stel of die representasie van kunstenaarkarakters aansluit by ’n samelewing waar genderrolle vervaag en die spektrum van genderidentiteite steeds ontvou. Die kunstenaarkarakters word ondersoek teen die agtergrond van die sosioekonomiese en politieke landskap van Suid-Afrika, maar ook die internasionale kunsomgewing. Weens die historiese gelaagdheid van Winterbach se werk figureer die geskiedenis dikwels as verwysingsraamwerk. In hoofstuk 2 word gender ondersoek met verwysing na die teoretiese begrippe subjektiwiteit, gender en interseksionaliteit. Subjektiwiteit word vanuit ’n feministiese oogpunt benader, bepaald waar dit aansluiting vind by die Franse filosoof, Michel Foucault. Die raakpunt tussen Foucault en die feminisme waarop hierdie studie fokus, is die rol van die liggaamlike en van mag. Dit word aangevul met die idees van die Franse feminis Hélène Cixous wat die liggaam as vertrekpunt vir skryf ag en saam met ander feministe die liggaam as ’n sosiale konstruksie beskou. Die kunstenaarkarakters word bestudeer binne verhoudings en sosiale strukture, terwyl die liggaamlike, wat deur kulturele kodes en norme geīnskribeer is, saam met die rol van mag ondersoek word sowel as die manifestasie daarvan in die konteks van die romans. Die teoretisering van die liggaamlike word aan die hand van Elizabeth Grosz se twee benaderings, naamlik dié van die geīnskribeerde liggaam (inscriptive body) en die liggaam as belewenis (lived body) aangepak. Kimberlé Crenshaw se begrip interseksionaliteit word ook gebruik om op meervoudige diskriminasie te wys. Laastens word die invloed van trauma nagegaan met die oog op die aantal karakters wat onder verskillende vorme van trauma ly. Hoofstuk 3 is ’n ontleding van die uitbeelding van die vroulike visuele kunstenaarkarakters. Daar word gefokus op die mangesentreerdheid van die samelewing, die verhouding tussen kommersiële sukses en erkenning, die rol van die liggaamlike en die invloed van trauma, sowel as die kwessie van interseksionaliteit. In hoofstuk 4 word die manlike kunstenaarkarakters ondersoek: hier word eweneens gefokus op die mangesentreerdheid van die samelewing, die verhouding tussen erkenning en kommersiële sukses en die invloed van trauma, maar ook die invloed van die heteronormatiewe samelewing op die ouer kunstenaar sowel as die uitbeelding van verskillende genderidentiteite. Hoofstuk 5 fokus op die verskuiwing van vroulike kunstenaarkarakters na manlike kunstenaarkarakters in Winterbach se oeuvre.. Daar word ook gekyk na die uitbeelding van ander rolspelers in die kunsomgewing, ook ten opsigte van die genderverteenwoordiging en in watter mate Winterbach se uitbeelding van hierdie karakters korreleer met die SuidAfrikaanse omgewing, sowel as internasionaal. Ten slotte word die rol van die mite van die groot meester in Winterbach se romans ook aangespreek.. Hoofstuk 6 sluit die studie af. Doctoral 2025-12-19T09:35:45Z 2025-12-19T09:35:45Z 2025-12 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/134630 af Stellenbosch University x, 260 pages : includes annexure application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Ingrid Winterbach -- Criticism and interpretation Artists in literature Gender identity in literature Feminism and literature -- South Africa Psychic trauma in literature UCTD Henn, Maryke Visuele kunstenaars as karakters in die oeuvre van Ingrid Winterbach : 'n gender ondersoek |
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| title_sort | visuele kunstenaars as karakters in die oeuvre van ingrid winterbach n gender ondersoek |
| topic | Ingrid Winterbach -- Criticism and interpretation Artists in literature Gender identity in literature Feminism and literature -- South Africa Psychic trauma in literature UCTD |
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