https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-6314
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ABSTRACT
We explore representations of women in music by covering a broader symbolic and cultural spectrum. We demonstrate that musical texts engage with representations of gender and sexuality in concrete ways and that these representations can have an impact on attitudes and value systems in real life. We also investigate the relational role of composers, performers, and the media in the transition from the first to the second wave of the Brazilian feminist movement. Finally, we examine the ways in which women are represented in 132 selected compositions in relation to four Brazilian historical periods – New Republic, New State, Postwar, Military Regime – and their protagonists. As a result, it is possible to understand the driving force – both individual and collective – of the construction of relational devices that support effective strategies of discontinuity and/or new discursive agendas.
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