What “Male” is this?: “Abnormalization” of Subjectivities in Bregafunk Music Videos
André Luiz Maranhão de Souza-Leão,
Mariana Almeida de Souza Lopes
Abstract:The entertainment industry is featured by discursive productions of ideological nature. Accordingly, different music genres work as identity vectors; thus, it is possible perceiving the representation of male individuals as the dominant gender in some of them. Bregafunk music stands out among these genres, since its music videos highlight straight and virile men, by showing women, LGBTQIAPN+ individuals and fat bodies in a stigmatized way. Based on the Foucauldian theory, the current study addresses the subjec… Show more
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