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This research explores how the performing woman’s body oscillates between control and vulnerability, subject and object, agency and submission. The project reconsiders the body as a tool of both artistic and political expression, asking who holds the right to “play” it and at what cost. Drawing on feminist performance practices, the research reflects on the tension between using one’s body as a medium and being used through it.

type	research exposition
keywords	Feminist Theory, Instrumentality, Body Politics, performance
date	03/11/2025
last modified	09/11/2025
status	in progress
share status	public
copyright	Irina Degtereva
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3967648/3967864

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