Towards an Aesthetic of Feminine Malice? The Visual Proposals From Female Pop Artists

This proposal aims to highlight problems surrounding the ethics-aesthetics relationship projected by female pop singers in their music videos and the formulation of new models of femininity. However, it is possible these models never existed and this is a reformulation of female roles and stereotype...

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Main Author: Cabrera, Laura Triviño (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: David Publishing Company 2015
In: Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 6, Pages: 299-310
Further subjects:B Lipovetsky
B aesthetics of female malice
B gender stereotypes and roles
B videoclip
B "right to malice"
B Values
B female pop artists
B post-modern society
B Valcárcel
B "third woman"
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