CRITICAL THEORIES

Discipline and Punish

How society dictates what we can and cant do with our bodies. We are programed to behave in a certain way, social power influences individual behaviour.

Counsell, C. and Wolf, L. (2001) Performance analysis: an introductory coursebook. Edited by Colin Counsell and Laurie Wolf. New York: Routledge. P.P. 141- 143

in this text, Elizabeth Groze talks about Lacan, Lacan was a psychologist who followed on from froyd, developed an idea called the mirror stage, the point at which you become able to realise the person in the mirror is you. But is is not you, you set up a psychological barrier between you and the mirror. It is an idealised version of you on the exterior. She discusses what we believe is good and bad about our bodies based on this theory.

MIRROR IMAGE

TRANSGRESSIVE BODIES BY ELIZABETH GROZE

Counsell, C. and Wolf, L. (2001) Performance analysis: an introductory coursebook. Edited by Colin Counsell and Laurie Wolf. New York: Routledge

Jacques, L. (1971) Ecrits Vol. 2. French & European Pubns

IDEAL-OLOGY BY ALTHUSSER

Essay by Laura Mulvey- The Gaze

Reflecting on lacan and froeud, how we construct images of ourselves and how oter people construct images of themselves.

Women have well established ideals, conform to certain body ideals. Men now are following in this social hierarchy

Counsell, C. and Wolf, L. (2001) Performance analysis: an introductory coursebook. Edited by Colin Counsell and Laurie Wolf. New York: Routledge. P.187

Counsell, C. and Wolf, L. (2001) Performance analysis: an introductory coursebook. Edited by Colin Counsell and Laurie Wolf. New York: Routledge. P.P. 32-34