Sophie Calle: Her(e) but Not Her(e)

<p>This monographic dissertation on the work of Sophie Calle begins by charting her very literal alliance with philosopher, Michel Foucault, and their shared work with the Prison Information Group in France in the early 1970’s. Having established this common connection between the artist and theorist, I will trace Calle’s work and its continued alignment with the prolific theorizations of Foucault. Making particular use of Foucault’s Discipline and Punish and The History of Sexuality, as well as a number of his other works, I aim to show the ways in which Calle’s art embraces a politic, albeit an aesthetic one, that challenges the “society of surveillance” as elaborated by Foucault, and disrupts the very power and authority presumably associated with it.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Bryn Mawr only

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History of Art

Year dc:date.available

2008

Author dc:creator

• Mangawang, Mya M.

• History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.brynmawr.edu/dissertations/13

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.brynmawr.edu:dissertations-1012