The Essentially Feminine—an investigation through artistic practice in Early Modern music

• The territoriality of 'masculine' and 'feminine' is an ongoing process, where boarders are constantly stretched and moved. To even use the word 'feminine' is a challenge and in combination with the word 'essential' it is yet more provoking. However, the notion of feminity is interesting, since it is used by the PR-industry as something absolute and desirable for women. This project wants to unviel the cultural heritage of the notion of femininity in the past, to learn something about power structures today. “The woman is putrefaction with a pretty face”1 From the Malleas Maleficarum (1487), that book on witchcraft that served as instruction manual for the Spanish inquisition, to the way in which women are presented in much of twentieth century American rap music, the archetype of the ”wicked woman” permeates western cultural history. Musical discourse has never been immune to the use of gendered terminology. Mysogyny is part of our cultural heritage.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Musik (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Music (hsv//eng)

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English Lute Songs

Thomas Campion

Female personas in English Lute Songs

Singing and arranging English Lute Songs

Music

Musik

early modern music

misogyny

lute songs

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