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The Changing Room: Into the Closet

Richards, Catherine Elizabeth
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243006697

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2009, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
Dualisms shape division in modern gender space relations. Dualist thinking divides and isolates masculine from feminine, creating an artificial bipolar state. Masculine attributes of public, exterior, hard and austere, dominate a subordinate feminine category of opposing traits- private, interior, soft, and intimate. The built environment continually replicates these divisions on multiple scales, reinforcing false dichotomies.Hybrid solutions utilize the contrast of the dualism as a means to innovate. The hybrid, which does not fit into binary logic, recognizes the discrepancy of the dualism, drawing upon the inverse. A methodology of private in public asserts privacy, associated with the body and hidden sexuality, in public exposure. By exploring privacy, (an instrument of feminist social change) this thesis provokes new awareness of our understanding of gender/spatial relations, breaking down artificial divisions. This thesis questions gender assumptions related to materiality. The textile, a controversial gendered material, is explored as a structural entity, displacing its association with artifice and frailty. The Changing Room space, references the dressing room and closet space, related to the gendered body and gendered space. This hybrid intervention subverts the site, crossing over the dualist boundary, for psychological and social impact.
Vincent Sansalone (Committee Chair)
Rebecca Williamson (Committee Chair)
79 p.
Architecture
gender dualisms; gender space; gender material; feminist spatial theory

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  • Richards, C. E. (2009). The Changing Room: Into the Closet [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243006697

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Richards, Catherine. The Changing Room: Into the Closet. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243006697.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Richards, Catherine. "The Changing Room: Into the Closet." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1243006697

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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