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University of New Orleans

Ghost Dance in 31 Movements

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

A kind of poetry that tries to understand contemporary social and philosophical issues as much as behaviors by rewriting in a poetic language the video artwork of some of the main representatives of modernism and postmodernism. Such poetry is deprived of confessional hues, any personal reference has to be ascribed to a mirroring effect by which the single person empathically absorbs and projects what is conveyed, be it stemming directly from the historical time of the artwork's making and inherited, or alive at the time of its actual viewing. By following a restructuring process started at the beginning of the twentieth century, the writing analyzes possible ways to outline developments or to underline breaking points. Poetry is seen as an active medium within the formation of societies characterized as it is by its highly introspective power, not restricted to the individual but open to all beings perceived as members of one entity.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
M.F.A.
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Film, Theatre, and Communication Arts
Year
2008

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Ballardini, Anny
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Lavender, William
  • Lazer, Hank
  • Schultz, Susan

Subjects

dc:subject × 8

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Repository record dc:identifier
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/826
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1712

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Ballardini, Anny. Ghost Dance in 31 Movements. Thesis thesis, 2008. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/826