This thesis is analysing work of Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893) regarding female hysteria and its
influence on performative production at the turn of the century. To be more specific, it is
researching different types of corporeality as a medium of developing ideas of modern subject and
female sexuality, formating at the intersection of visual documentation and theatrical staging. At the
same time, it analyses the transformation of hysterical body into a body of modern performative
practices, as it further explores an example of surrealist dancer Hélène Vanel and postmodern body
art performer ORLAN.
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