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Communicator Between Worlds: Björk Reaches Beyond the Binaries

Faulhaber, Edwin F., III
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1219186474

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2008, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, American Culture Studies/Popular Culture.
Icelandic pop star Björk has spent her career breaking down boundaries, blurring lines, and complicating binaries between perceived opposites. Examining a variety of both primary and secondary sources, this study looks at the ways that Björk challenges the binary constructions of "high" and "low" art, nature and technology, and feminism and traditional femininity, and also proposes that her uniquely postmodern approach to blurring boundaries can be a model for a better society in general. This study contends that Björk serves as a symbol of what might be possible if humans stopped constructing boundaries between everything from musical styles to national borders, and as a model for how people can focus on their commonalities while still respecting the freedom of individual expression. This is particularly important in the United States of America, a place where despite its infinite potential for cultural pluralism and collaboration, there are as many (or more) divisions between people based upon race, class, gender, and religion as anywhere else in the world.
Kimberly Coates, PhD (Committee Chair)
Robert Sloane (Committee Member)
178 p.
American Studies; Mass Media; Music; Technology; Womens Studies
Bj&246; rk; electronic music; Iceland; women and music; pop music; alternative music; popular culture; music genres; nature and technology; feminist music

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  • Faulhaber, III, E. F. (2008). Communicator Between Worlds: Björk Reaches Beyond the Binaries [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1219186474

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Faulhaber, III, Edwin. Communicator Between Worlds: Björk Reaches Beyond the Binaries. 2008. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1219186474.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Faulhaber, III, Edwin. "Communicator Between Worlds: Björk Reaches Beyond the Binaries." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1219186474

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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