Performing Gender in Late Spanish Folk Revival
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https://doi.org/10.1558/jwpm.26150Keywords:
Identity, Performance, folk revival, gender studies, Spanish tradition, social changeAbstract
This article focuses on modern musical practices from Art al Quadrat, A Banda da Loba and Nun Tamos Toes which relate in a variety of ways to the idea of tradition and folklore. These musical practices represent a part of the folk revival process, revitalizing a countercultural movement, which portrays a clash of ideologies and identities. Identities and ideologies related with feminism are acted out through performance aesthetics, its staging, and musical references. Adapting, renewing and introducing new gender models and innovative main characters as part of the musical discourse are some of the main features of this reinvention. In this case, the research is focused on reshaping and reconstructing gender imaginaries of women through music. Popular music’s need to update to current social issues in order for it to become an element of social relevance is presented through the reinvention of popular music.
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