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The Grotesque Cross: The Performative Grotesquerie of the Crucifixion of Jesus

Dutt, Hephzibah D.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429141591

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Theatre and Film.
In this study I argue that the crucifixion of Jesus is a performative event and this event is an exemplar of the Grotesque. To this end, I first conduct a dramatistic analysis of the crucifixion of Jesus, working to explicate its performativity. Viewing this performative event through various theories of the Grotesque, I then discuss its many grotesqueries to propose the concept of the Grotesque Cross. As such, the term “Grotesque Cross” functions as shorthand for the performative event of the crucifixion of Jesus, as it is characterized by various aspects of the Grotesque. I develop the concept of the Grotesque Cross thematically through focused studies of representations of the crucifixion: the film, Jesus of Montreal (Arcand, 1989), Philip Turner’s play, Christ in the Concrete City, and an autoethnographic examination of Cross-wearing as performance. I examine each representation through the lens of the Grotesque to define various facets of the Grotesque Cross.
Jonathan Chambers, PhD (Advisor)
Eileen Cherry-Chandler, PhD (Committee Member)
Charles Kanwischer, MFA (Committee Member)
Marcus Sherrell, MFA (Committee Member)
191 p.
Performing Arts; Theater History; Theater Studies; Theology
The Grotesque; Crucifixion; Crucifixion of Jesus; Christianity in performance; Christian Grotesque; Grotesque Cross; Cross-wearing; Jesus of Montreal; Christ in the Concrete City; Performing the Crucifixion; auto ethnography; carnivalesque

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  • Dutt, H. D. (2015). The Grotesque Cross: The Performative Grotesquerie of the Crucifixion of Jesus [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429141591

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dutt, Hephzibah. The Grotesque Cross: The Performative Grotesquerie of the Crucifixion of Jesus. 2015. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429141591.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dutt, Hephzibah. "The Grotesque Cross: The Performative Grotesquerie of the Crucifixion of Jesus." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429141591

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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