Turn-On's and Edible Friends: An Imaginal Menagerie

Turn-On's and Edible Friends: An Imaginal Menagerie

Turn-ons and Edible Friends explores alternative sexual behavior. Societal standards have an overwhelming interest in imposing judgment upon sexual identity. The imagery is influenced by taboo and peculiar sexual fetishes. Animal personifications of the fetish are used as satire to detach the viewer...

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Main Author: Henderson, Matthew Ryan
Other Authors: Koptcho, Leslie
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2012
Subjects:
Art
Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06152012-101240/
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spelling ndltd-LSU-oai-etd.lsu.edu-etd-06152012-1012402013-01-07T22:54:06Z Turn-On's and Edible Friends: An Imaginal Menagerie Henderson, Matthew Ryan Art Turn-ons and Edible Friends explores alternative sexual behavior. Societal standards have an overwhelming interest in imposing judgment upon sexual identity. The imagery is influenced by taboo and peculiar sexual fetishes. Animal personifications of the fetish are used as satire to detach the viewer from the action, and also as a metaphor for the reins with which the general public takes control over our private relationships. Thus the work becomes confrontational with the viewer and forces them to question their perceptions and comforts about sexual identity. Koptcho, Leslie Bower, Gerald Speith, Darius Malveto, John Arp, Kimberly LSU 2012-06-17 text application/pdf http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06152012-101240/ http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06152012-101240/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached herein a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to LSU or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below and in appropriate University policies, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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Turn-On's and Edible Friends: An Imaginal Menagerie
description Turn-ons and Edible Friends explores alternative sexual behavior. Societal standards have an overwhelming interest in imposing judgment upon sexual identity. The imagery is influenced by taboo and peculiar sexual fetishes. Animal personifications of the fetish are used as satire to detach the viewer from the action, and also as a metaphor for the reins with which the general public takes control over our private relationships. Thus the work becomes confrontational with the viewer and forces them to question their perceptions and comforts about sexual identity.
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