"En mi imperio": Competing discourses of agency in Ivy Queen's reggaetón
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| author | Jillian M. Báez |
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| contents | "En mi imperio": Competing discourses of agency in Ivy Queen's reggaetón Jillian M. Báez Sociología music gender reggaetón discourse hybridity This paper argues for a more complex understanding of theintersection of gender and representation in reggaetón.Using the music and career trajectory of the female artistIvy Queen as a case study, the author demonstrates how hermusic and self-representation in interviews simultaneouslyfunctions as a potential site of female agency within a maledominatedsphere while being constrained by transnationalmusic industries and Latin American norms of femininity.More specifically, the essay offers a critical discourseanalysis of the music, performances, interviews, and pressreception of female reggaetón artist, Ivy Queen, otherwiseknown as the queen of reggaetón, to understand how sheand the media construct her subjectivity and agency.Ultimately, the author argues that as reggaetón´s mostpopular female icon, Ivy Queen straddles a tenuous space inwhich her hybrid subjectivity is complex and at timesseemingly contradictory 2006 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37718204 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XVIII |
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| spellingShingle | "En mi imperio": Competing discourses of agency in Ivy Queen's reggaetón Jillian M. Báez Sociología music gender reggaetón discourse hybridity "En mi imperio": Competing discourses of agency in Ivy Queen's reggaetón Jillian M. Báez Sociología music gender reggaetón discourse hybridity This paper argues for a more complex understanding of theintersection of gender and representation in reggaetón.Using the music and career trajectory of the female artistIvy Queen as a case study, the author demonstrates how hermusic and self-representation in interviews simultaneouslyfunctions as a potential site of female agency within a maledominatedsphere while being constrained by transnationalmusic industries and Latin American norms of femininity.More specifically, the essay offers a critical discourseanalysis of the music, performances, interviews, and pressreception of female reggaetón artist, Ivy Queen, otherwiseknown as the queen of reggaetón, to understand how sheand the media construct her subjectivity and agency.Ultimately, the author argues that as reggaetón´s mostpopular female icon, Ivy Queen straddles a tenuous space inwhich her hybrid subjectivity is complex and at timesseemingly contradictory 2006 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37718204 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XVIII |
| title | "En mi imperio": Competing discourses of agency in Ivy Queen's reggaetón |
| topic | Sociología music gender reggaetón discourse hybridity |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37718204 |