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Behold the Monkey : Queer Jesus and the Queer Posthumanist Account of Art

Blokhin, Aleksei LU (2018) SIMV21 20181
Graduate School
Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender
Abstract
This paper attempts to combine queer and posthumanist theories in order to re-think the figure of Jesus and challenge the anthropocentric readings of art. The site of the analysis is the phenomenon of Ecce Mono, the restored fresco in the small town in eastern Spain which gained popularity on the internet in summer 2012. The mechanisms of playing down the non-human agency in art are studied with the goal of providing a different language for thinking about art, a language that does not privilege humans over non-humans. It is argued that, in Ecce Mono, Jesus transgresses the boundaries of species, sexes, and life, while queering matter, religion, and queerness itself.
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author
Blokhin, Aleksei LU
supervisor
organization
course
SIMV21 20181
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
queerness, Jesus Christ, Ecce Mono, posthumanism, apes, art
language
English
id
8944847
date added to LUP
2018-06-27 12:20:12
date last changed
2018-06-27 12:20:12
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  abstract     = {{This paper attempts to combine queer and posthumanist theories in order to re-think the figure of Jesus and challenge the anthropocentric readings of art. The site of the analysis is the phenomenon of Ecce Mono, the restored fresco in the small town in eastern Spain which gained popularity on the internet in summer 2012. The mechanisms of playing down the non-human agency in art are studied with the goal of providing a different language for thinking about art, a language that does not privilege humans over non-humans. It is argued that, in Ecce Mono, Jesus transgresses the boundaries of species, sexes, and life, while queering matter, religion, and queerness itself.}},
  author       = {{Blokhin, Aleksei}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Behold the Monkey : Queer Jesus and the Queer Posthumanist Account of Art}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}