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"All That Glitters Is Not Junkanoo" the National Junkanoo Museum and the Politics of Tourism and Identity
Title
"All That Glitters Is Not Junkanoo" the National Junkanoo Museum and the Politics of Tourism and Identity.
Creator
MacKey, Ressa, Nasgaard, Roald, Bearor, Karen, Carrasco, Michael, Department of Art History, Florida State University
Abstract/Description
The annual Junkanoo festival in the Bahamas is regarded as "the ultimate national symbol," representative of Bahamian sovereignty and culture. A festival that originated from Bahamian slaves, Junkanoo has evolved into a popular commercial and cultural event that features extravagant, crépe-paper costumes. This paper analyzes the role of the commodified Junkanoo costume in constructing a Bahamian national and cultural identity. Specifically, it analyzes the history and policies of the National...
Show moreThe annual Junkanoo festival in the Bahamas is regarded as "the ultimate national symbol," representative of Bahamian sovereignty and culture. A festival that originated from Bahamian slaves, Junkanoo has evolved into a popular commercial and cultural event that features extravagant, crépe-paper costumes. This paper analyzes the role of the commodified Junkanoo costume in constructing a Bahamian national and cultural identity. Specifically, it analyzes the history and policies of the National Junkanoo Museum, the first institution to display the costumes outside their performative context. Through a interdisciplinary approach that incorporates methodologies from art history, sociology, and museum studies, I argue that Junkanoo serves a commercial purpose, which the National Junkanoo Museum perpetuates by displaying the costumes for touristic consumption. My thesis is based on three separate grounds of analysis. First, I examine the festival's hybrid and dynamic nature by analyzing external factors that influenced Junkanoo's development. Notably, I consider the Ministry of Tourism and the Bahamian Development Board's involvement and administration of the parade, which significantly impacted the costumes' iconography, materiality, and ephemerality. Next, I view the National Junkanoo Museum within the context of other Caribbean Museums to conclude that the institution encounters similar challenges to its neighbors, which include reconciling the museum's nationalistic intentions with its objectives to bolster cultural tourism. Finally, I demonstrate how the National Junkanoo Museum diverges from standard museum practice in order to augment the country's fledging heritage industry. Instead of assembling a permanent collection, the museum operates as a non-collecting institution by exhibiting the costumes only on an annual basis and then returning the objects to the Junkanoo artists who proceed to dismantle and recycle their costumes. The museum's exhibition policy reflects the artists' habit of abandoning their costumes immediately following the parade. However, I contend that the National Junkanoo Museum's use of nostalgia as a museum epistemology is less about an effort to restore the costumes' traditional ephemerality, than it is an indication of the pervasiveness of the tourism industry in formulating a Bahamian national and cultural identity. Junkanoo's economic potential is dependent on the perception of the festival as an identifiable, authentic Bahamian product, which the government facilitates by promoting the costumes as national symbols of Bahamian culture and appropriating them into a national museum system.
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Date Issued
2009
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-2809
Format
Thesis
"Ears and Eyes and Mouth and Heart… His Soul and His Senses"
Title
"Ears and Eyes and Mouth and Heart… His Soul and His Senses": The Visual St. Stephen Narrative as the Essence of Ecclesiastical Authority.
Creator
Morrow, Kara Ann, Hahn, Cynthia, Strait, Paul, Gerson, Paula, Emmerson, Richard, Department of Art History, Florida State University
Abstract/Description
Narrative cycles of St. Stephen, proto-martyr, are common, frequently found on ecclesiastical monuments of thirteenth-century France. The cathedrals of Bourges, Chartres, and Paris, to name only a few, support visual imagery inspired by the legend of Stephen. Ordained by the apostles, ostensibly to aid the widows and orphans of the congregation, Stephen quickly shows himself "full of grace and fortitude" (Acts 6:8). His inspired, vitriolic sermon incurs the wrath of the Jews who lead him from...
Show moreNarrative cycles of St. Stephen, proto-martyr, are common, frequently found on ecclesiastical monuments of thirteenth-century France. The cathedrals of Bourges, Chartres, and Paris, to name only a few, support visual imagery inspired by the legend of Stephen. Ordained by the apostles, ostensibly to aid the widows and orphans of the congregation, Stephen quickly shows himself "full of grace and fortitude" (Acts 6:8). His inspired, vitriolic sermon incurs the wrath of the Jews who lead him from the city of Jerusalem and stone him. The prevalence of Stephen's cult in the Gothic cathedrals of medieval France has been recognized by scholars; however, little attention has been devoted to the bishops' development and use of the cult, or the churches' production or interpretation of visual imagery. Explanations of the extant images have been driven by text based, iconographic models, which have often obfuscated the relevance of intricate compositional elements and relationships that are key to a more artistically and historically relevant understanding of the compositions. The intricately sculpted Stephen cycles in thirteenth-century France and the historic circumstances that informed their conceptions and receptions are the subjects of this dissertation. Drawing from a survey of the extant, architectural, sculptural narratives and relevant historical resources, this dissertation begins with a discussion of the establishment and dissemination of Stephen's cult in France. The following chapters focus specifically on the thirteenth-century images at the cathedrals of Rouen, Arles, Paris and Bourges chosen for their intricacy and unique compositional formulations. Ultimately, I propose the retelling of the Jewish/Christian debate at the root of Stephen's story was subtly reconstructed by ecclesiastical officials and articulated by artists to reference and comment on contemporary anti-Jewish conflict and ideologies in the mind of the medieval, Christian viewer. I continue to argue that St. Stephen was an exemplar of ecclesiastical succession and an idealized manifestation of the extension of the bishop's power within the ecclesiastical hierarchy. In addition to situating the proto-martyr's imagery in social and political context, this endeavor also contributes to the broader understanding of the construction and function of pictorial, hagiographic narrative.
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Date Issued
2007
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-2253
Format
Thesis
"God Bearing" Patriarch
Title
The "God Bearing" Patriarch: Hagia Sophia's Apse Mosaic in Ninth-Century Byzantine Politics.
Creator
Simmons, Sarah C., Jones, Lynn, Gerson, Paula, Bearor, Karen, Department of Art History, Florida State University
Abstract/Description
In this paper, I suggest that the Byzantine Patriarch Photios (r. 858-867, 877-886) used the composition of the apse mosaic of the Theotokos and Christ-Child and its relationship to the light within Hagia Sophia to his political advantage. I propose that on Holy Saturday, 867, Photios attempted to counteract political threats through his Homily 17, which dedicated the apse mosaic, the first figural image installed in Hagia Sophia after the end of Iconoclasm. In Byzantine liturgy, the emperor...
Show moreIn this paper, I suggest that the Byzantine Patriarch Photios (r. 858-867, 877-886) used the composition of the apse mosaic of the Theotokos and Christ-Child and its relationship to the light within Hagia Sophia to his political advantage. I propose that on Holy Saturday, 867, Photios attempted to counteract political threats through his Homily 17, which dedicated the apse mosaic, the first figural image installed in Hagia Sophia after the end of Iconoclasm. In Byzantine liturgy, the emperor played a ceremonial role as the embodiment of Christ, an idea that was widely propagated, for example, by images of Christ on imperial coins. I argue that Photios emphasized his own ceremonial role as a "God Bearer" and appropriated the image of the Theotokos as his own opposing political symbol. With the dedication of the Theotokos image, Photios garnered the visual language needed to oppose imperial authority and created an opportunity to assert his Iconophile polemic. Homily 17 is a result of the continuation of the Iconoclast controversy that persisted since the so-called Truimph of Orthodoxy in 843. Through Photios's dedication of the apse image and its relationship to Hagia Sophia's liturgy, the apse mosaic became a performative image. The activation of the apse mosaic as a performative image is due in part to the effect of light caused by the reflection of the sun off of the gold and glass tesserae. Rico Franses discusses how this light effect creates visual layers of bright golden reflections and dark areas of matte glass in the mosaic's composition. He suggests that these layers convey Orthodox theology to the church's congregation. He explains that the changing light in Hagia Sophia, as the sun rises and lowers, and the effect of the reflected light on the gold tessarae illuminate either the Theotokos or the Christ Child. I propose that Photios took advantage of Hagia Sophia's unique light effect in order to emphasize the Theotokos and his own ceremonial role as a "God Bearer" over the Christ-Child in the political rhetoric of Homily 17 and the liturgy of Hagia Sophia.
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Date Issued
2011
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-1713
Format
Thesis
.022 Brass With Black Background
Title
.022 Brass With Black Background.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1962-10-24
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_A5305
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
1" THK STL Clew Blank for safety Arbor 2 - Req'd
Title
1" THK STL Clew Blank for safety Arbor 2 - Req'd.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR75
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
1" THK STL Plate Blank for Deadman Clivis Pin
Title
1" THK STL Plate Blank for Deadman Clivis Pin.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR79
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
1,000 lbs Capacity Paint Frame Winch
Title
1,000 lbs Capacity Paint Frame Winch.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR27-01
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
1,000 lbs Capacity Paint Frame Winch
Title
1,000 lbs Capacity Paint Frame Winch.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR27-02
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
1,000 lbs Capacity Paint Frame Winch
Title
1,000 lbs Capacity Paint Frame Winch.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR27-03
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
10" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 3/8" dia. Cable, 2000 #CAP
Title
10" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 3/8" dia. Cable, 2000 #CAP.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR9A
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
110 V 60 Cy Single Clancy Control
Title
110 V 60 Cy Single Clancy Control.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1947-05-21
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_049
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
110 Volt Control Circuit, 1 HP Motor and Stage Plans
Title
110 Volt Control Circuit, 1 HP Motor and Stage Plans.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1941-06-20
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_110VoltControlCircuit
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
110-220-1 PH 110V Control, Clancy No 760
Title
110-220-1 PH 110V Control, Clancy No 760.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1947-12-29
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_020
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
110V or 220V Motor 110 or 220V Control, Model No760
Title
110V or 220V Motor 110 or 220V Control, Model No760.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1950-02-03
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_010
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
110V-60C~AC Current Power 110V-60C~ AC Current For Control Wiring Diagram For 1/6 HP Motor Machine No 14 Wires
Title
110V-60C~AC Current Power 110V-60C~ AC Current For Control Wiring Diagram For 1/6 HP Motor Machine No 14 Wires.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1949-03-22
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_038
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
115 Volt, Single Phase General Electric Motor and Starter to Reverse Polarity-Interchange Motor Leads 1 and 4
Title
115 Volt, Single Phase General Electric Motor and Starter to Reverse Polarity-Interchange Motor Leads 1 and 4.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1952-10-20
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_032
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
115-V-DC Current For Power Circuit 115-VDC Current For Control Circuit
Title
115-V-DC Current For Power Circuit 115-VDC Current For Control Circuit.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1949-03-15
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_029
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
12 3/4" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 1/2" Dia. Cable, 10,000# CAP
Title
12 3/4" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 1/2" Dia. Cable, 10,000# CAP.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR22
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
12 3/4" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 1/2" Dia. Cable, 5000 #CAP
Title
12 3/4" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 1/2" Dia. Cable, 5000 #CAP.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR32
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
12 3/4" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 3/8" Dia. Cable, 5000 #CAP
Title
12 3/4" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 3/8" Dia. Cable, 5000 #CAP.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR19
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
12" Dia. Deflector Block for Front Ceiling Safety Line
Title
12" Dia. Deflector Block for Front Ceiling Safety Line.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR62-02
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
12" Dia. Deflector Block for Front Ceiling Safety Line
Title
12" Dia. Deflector Block for Front Ceiling Safety Line.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR62-01
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
12" Gauge
Title
12" Gauge.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1930, 1970
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Hanger_001
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
13 GA. Washer
Title
13 GA. Washer.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1961-05-05
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_A5241
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
14 GA. .0747 C.R. Strip STL.
Title
14 GA. .0747 C.R. Strip STL.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1960-01-06
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_A5017
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
16 7/8" Solid Stl Sheave
Title
16 7/8" Solid Stl Sheave.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
16" Dia. Block Det. For Rear Ceiling Op.
Title
16" Dia. Block Det. For Rear Ceiling Op.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR51-01
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
16" Dia. Block Det. For Rear Ceiling Op.
Title
16" Dia. Block Det. For Rear Ceiling Op.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR51-02
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
16" Dia. Block Det. For Rear Ceiling Op.
Title
16" Dia. Block Det. For Rear Ceiling Op.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR51-03
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
16" Dia. Mule Block for Front Ceiling
Title
16" Dia. Mule Block for Front Ceiling.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR61-02
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
16" Dia. Mule Block for Front Ceiling
Title
16" Dia. Mule Block for Front Ceiling.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR61-01
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
2 Req'd - 8 Line Deflector Black for Damping Panels No. 3, 4, 5 & 6
Title
2 Req'd - 8 Line Deflector Black for Damping Panels No. 3, 4, 5 & 6.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR87
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
2" Dia. Roller Darnell U 51
Title
2" Dia. Roller Darnell U 51.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1961-11-22
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_A5262
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
20" DIA. Muleblock
Title
20" DIA. Muleblock.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1983-05-02, 1983-06-15
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_J3373_R53
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220 V, 60~ 30 Motor 110V, Control
Title
220 V, 60~ 30 Motor 110V, Control.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1952-05-14
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_042
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220 Volts 60 Cy 30 Motor 220 Volts
Title
220 Volts 60 Cy 30 Motor 220 Volts.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1957-02-21
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_034
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220V Motor 110V Control Model No760 One or More Push Button Station Hook Up
Title
220V Motor 110V Control Model No760 One or More Push Button Station Hook Up.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1950-02-03
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_019
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220V or 60N V 30 Motor 220V Control
Title
220V or 60N V 30 Motor 220V Control.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1950-11-27
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_011
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220V, 60~, 1 0 Motor 110V, Control
Title
220V, 60~, 1 0 Motor 110V, Control.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1952-05-14
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_031
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220V, 60~, 30 Motor 220V Control
Title
220V, 60~, 30 Motor 220V Control.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1953-10-07
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_045
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220V, 60~,30 Motor 110V, Control
Title
220V, 60~,30 Motor 110V, Control.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1952-05-14
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_004
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220V,60~,30 Motor 220V, Control
Title
220V,60~,30 Motor 220V, Control.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1953-12-28
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_047
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220V-60 CY-1PH Motor With 220V-60 CY Control Circuit Clancy No 760 Control
Title
220V-60 CY-1PH Motor With 220V-60 CY Control Circuit Clancy No 760 Control.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1949-11-16
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_026
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
220V-60 CY-3PH Motor 220V-60 Cycle Control Circuit Clancy No760 Control
Title
220V-60 CY-3PH Motor 220V-60 Cycle Control Circuit Clancy No760 Control.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1949-11-16
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_028
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
24" Traction Sheave For 1/4 Cable 6 Lines
Title
24" Traction Sheave For 1/4 Cable 6 Lines.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1962-10-24
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_B5326
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
3" Idler Sheave Matl 3 1/8" Dia. C.R.S.
Title
3" Idler Sheave Matl 3 1/8" Dia. C.R.S.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1960-09-14
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_A5051
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
3-Line Wiring Diagram For Clancy Flying Model Curtain Control Machine
Title
3-Line Wiring Diagram For Clancy Flying Model Curtain Control Machine.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1949-03-18
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_003
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
4 Line Circuit
Title
4 Line Circuit.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1950-05-15
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_Wiring_036
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
6" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 1/8" Dia. Cable
Title
6" Dia. Steel Drum Grooved for 1/8" Dia. Cable.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Identifier
FSU_2010002_J1232_SR78
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
6" Lift Block 3/16" Wire Rope
Title
6" Lift Block 3/16" Wire Rope.
Creator
J.R. Clancy (Firm)
Date Issued
1962-08-09
Identifier
FSU_MSS_2010002_B5360
Format
Image (JPEG2000)

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