Representations of women in Zimbabwean contemporary music
This paper examines the images of women as portrayed in Zimbabwean contemporary music. The paper compares these images to those found in Zimbabwean literature. What is evidenced in this research is a trend by singers, both male and female, to present a commercialized image of women that hails beauty...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Routledge
2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18125980903248180?journalCode=rmuz20 https://doi.org/10.1080/18125980903248180 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4254 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1779905262637809664 |
|---|---|
| author | Naidoo, Salachi Pfukwa, Charles |
| author_facet | Naidoo, Salachi Pfukwa, Charles |
| author_sort | Naidoo, Salachi |
| collection | DSpace |
| description | This paper examines the images of women as portrayed in Zimbabwean contemporary music. The paper compares these images to those found in Zimbabwean literature. What is evidenced in this research is a trend by singers, both male and female, to present a commercialized image of women that hails beauty above intellect. Although the researchers acknowledge the fluidity of meaning and interpretation, a negritudist perception of the ‘woman’ remains all too apparent in the various representations. Female singers as well are seen to fall into the same conventions which this paper seeks to examine. |
| format | Article |
| id | ir-11408-4254 |
| institution | My University |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publisher | Routledge |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | ir-11408-42542022-06-27T13:49:06Z Representations of women in Zimbabwean contemporary music Naidoo, Salachi Pfukwa, Charles Black beauty Feminism Identity This paper examines the images of women as portrayed in Zimbabwean contemporary music. The paper compares these images to those found in Zimbabwean literature. What is evidenced in this research is a trend by singers, both male and female, to present a commercialized image of women that hails beauty above intellect. Although the researchers acknowledge the fluidity of meaning and interpretation, a negritudist perception of the ‘woman’ remains all too apparent in the various representations. Female singers as well are seen to fall into the same conventions which this paper seeks to examine. 2021-05-26T13:44:26Z 2021-05-26T13:44:26Z 2009 Article 1812-5980 1753-593X https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18125980903248180?journalCode=rmuz20 https://doi.org/10.1080/18125980903248180 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4254 en Muziki Journal of Music Research in Africa;Vol. 6; No. 2: p. 145-153 open Routledge |
| spellingShingle | Black beauty Feminism Identity Naidoo, Salachi Pfukwa, Charles Representations of women in Zimbabwean contemporary music |
| title | Representations of women in Zimbabwean contemporary music |
| title_full | Representations of women in Zimbabwean contemporary music |
| title_fullStr | Representations of women in Zimbabwean contemporary music |
| title_full_unstemmed | Representations of women in Zimbabwean contemporary music |
| title_short | Representations of women in Zimbabwean contemporary music |
| title_sort | representations of women in zimbabwean contemporary music |
| topic | Black beauty Feminism Identity |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18125980903248180?journalCode=rmuz20 https://doi.org/10.1080/18125980903248180 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4254 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT naidoosalachi representationsofwomeninzimbabweancontemporarymusic AT pfukwacharles representationsofwomeninzimbabweancontemporarymusic |