{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@id":"https://repo.library.stonybrook.edu/cantaloupe/iiif/2/manifest.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","label":"The Complexity of Domestic Interiors: Laurie Simmons's Depiction of Women's Identity in the Home","metadata":[{"label":"dc.description.sponsorship","value":"This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree."},{"label":"dc.format","value":"Monograph"},{"label":"dc.format.medium","value":"Electronic Resource"},{"label":"dc.identifier.uri","value":"http://hdl.handle.net/1951/60303"},{"label":"dc.language.iso","value":"en_US"},{"label":"dc.publisher","value":"The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY."},{"label":"dcterms.abstract","value":"Laurie Simmons was among a group of artists in the 1980\u2019s working in photography,\nfilm, video, and performance who recognized the influence of the mass media on the American\npublic. Simmons used her art practice to comment on these images tailored to the consumer.\nMuch of her photographic work of dolls and dollhouses challenges the viewer\u2019s concept of the\nrelationship between women and their domestic interiors.\nThis thesis examines three photographs from the following series: Color Coordinated\nInteriors (1982-1983), The Instant Decorator (2001-2004), and The Long House (2002-2004).\nIn these series, Simmons presents the home as a complex environment that both shapes and is\nshaped by one\u2019s identity. In each of these exemplary photographs, Simmons\u2019s women become\nliterally and figuratively multifaceted in both public and private spaces in the home. Gradually,\nthroughout these three series, she separates the women from their surrounding objects. These\nworks show how she has explored issues of gender identity construction and in particular a\nfeminine identity. Informed by writings by Betty Friedan, Hannah Arendt, and a range of\niv\nfeminist scholars whose perspectives I found helpful and resonated with my own, I will explore\nhow Simmons uses interiors to construct and comment on feminine identity.\nLaurie Simmons\u2019s photographic work of dolls and dollhouses challenges viewers to\nexamine their domestic surroundings. Her work asks questions such as: What shapes a person\u2019s\nidentity? Is identity static or in flux? Is there such a thing as a universal woman\u2019s identity?\nMuch is written about feminism, the home, and art, but Simmons\u2019s work has been underanalyzed\nin these areas. This thesis examines Simmons\u2019s work in light of these concerns."},{"label":"dcterms.available","value":"2013-05-28T14:15:40Z"},{"label":"dcterms.contributor","value":"Bogart, Michele H."},{"label":"dcterms.creator","value":"Cesiro, Lauren Elise"},{"label":"dcterms.dateAccepted","value":"2013-05-28T14:15:40Z"},{"label":"dcterms.dateSubmitted","value":"2013-05-28T14:15:40Z"},{"label":"dcterms.description","value":"Department of Art History"},{"label":"dcterms.format","value":"Application/PDF"},{"label":"dcterms.identifier","value":"http://hdl.handle.net/1951/60303"},{"label":"dcterms.issued","value":"2011-08-01"},{"label":"dcterms.language","value":"en_US"},{"label":"dcterms.provenance","value":"Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-24T14:46:07Z (GMT). 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