Papers by Ruth Spencer Jolly
This essay evaluates a specific form of appropriation: parody. It looks at the ways in which femi... more This essay evaluates a specific form of appropriation: parody. It looks at the ways in which feminist artists in particular, wishing to expose oppressive phallic hegemony, parody patriarchal misogynist culture as a tool of critique. First the Law Revue Girls’ parody of Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines is used as an example of high-profile feminist satire in a non-artistic context. Then two strands of artistic parody are explored: art which parodies popular culture (looking closely at Elisa Kreisinger aka ‘Pop Culture Pirate’), and also art that parodies art using Peg Brand and as a case study. These artists’ oeuvres are assessed in relation to Judith Butler’s theories of parody, Amelia Jones’ concept ‘Parafeminism’, Linda Hutcheon’s concept of ‘bouncing between complicity and distance’ and Sarah Wyer’s thoughts on parody as a form of a ‘socially sanctioned framework’ with which to criticise a hegemonic power.
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Papers by Ruth Spencer Jolly