Negotiations in the Third Space: Visualization of the Complexity of an Iranian Woman's Identity

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dc.contributor.advisorHadlaw, Janin
dc.creatorNasirzadeh, Bahar
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T14:43:44Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T14:43:44Z
dc.date.copyright2014-04-22
dc.date.issued2015-08-29
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T14:43:44Z
dc.degree.disciplineDesign
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMDes - Master of Design
dc.description.abstractIranian female identity is typically represented as static and fixed, either portraying women as ‘modern’ or ‘victims’ (from the Western perspective) or ‘Westoxified’ or ‘modest’ (from the Islamic state’s perspective). Utilizing Foucault’s theorization of subjectivity and disciplinary power and Bhabha’s Third Space theory, I draw attention to the disciplinary institutions, such as family, school, urban space, government, and national and foreign media, and the ways that Iranian women resist and challenge these regimes of ‘regularization.’ I propose that through these contestations, ‘hybrid’ forms of Iranian gendered identity emerge as a result of creative borrowing and blending of Islamic, Iranian, and Western paradigms as the three dominant paradigms of modern Iran. My thesis project is a visual autobiography, titled Bahar's Story: Negotiations in the Third Space, which examines my experiences of being a female during my growing up in Iran, in order to visualize the complexity of Iranian women's gendered identities. 
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/29850
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectDesign
dc.subjectWomen's studies
dc.subjectSocial structure
dc.subject.keywordsIran
dc.subject.keywordsWomen
dc.subject.keywordsGendered identity
dc.subject.keywordsCulture
dc.subject.keywordsIslam
dc.subject.keywordsAutobiography
dc.subject.keywordsVisual narrative
dc.subject.keywordsGraphic design
dc.subject.keywordsDesign authorship
dc.subject.keywordsPostcolonial Studies
dc.subject.keywordsPostcolonialism
dc.subject.keywordsThird Space
dc.subject.keywordsHybridity
dc.subject.keywordsComplexity
dc.subject.keywordsAmbivalence
dc.subject.keywordsSubjectivity
dc.subject.keywordsDisciplinary power
dc.subject.keywordsInstitutions
dc.subject.keywordsFeminism
dc.subject.keywordsAgency
dc.subject.keywordsOrientalism
dc.subject.keywordsWomen's studies
dc.titleNegotiations in the Third Space: Visualization of the Complexity of an Iranian Woman's Identity
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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