Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
. | Rizzo, John A. | Dwyer, Debra
Date
2010-05-01
Keywords
breast cancer, photography | Art History Art Criticism
Department
Department of Art History and Criticism
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/72557
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
According to trauma theorist E. Ann Kaplan,"quiet traumas" are events that are personal, and that do not effect the larger scheme of things. Jo Spence, a British photographer, processed her quiet traumas-breast cancer and leukemia-through art and brought them into the public sphere, in order for a collective witness and healing experience, with the concept of her works as being of therapeutic value for herself, as well as for viewers. This thesis examines a few of Spence's photographs in tandem with her critical writings, as well as putting her works into an art historical context, being compared and contrasted to artists who did similar work, such as Hannah Wilke.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Ebonipearl Emele J., "Exposing the 'Quiet Trauma': The Illness Narratives of Jo Spence" (2010). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 1761.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/1761