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Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research |
Vol/bind | 19 |
Udgave nummer | 3 |
Sider (fra-til) | 291-312 |
ISSN | 1103-3088 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2011 |
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The Bling Scandal : Transforming Young Femininities in Mozambique. / Groes-Green, Christian.
I: Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, Bind 19, Nr. 3, 2011, s. 291-312.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
TY - JOUR
T1 - The Bling Scandal
T2 - Transforming Young Femininities in Mozambique
AU - Groes-Green, Christian
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In the Mozambican capital of Maputo, young women’s sexuality has become an issue of public concern, as popular culture as well as changing socio-economic landscape change female identities and pave the way for emerging forms of female agency and sexual assertiveness. In this article, I analyze how a highly erotic concert performance in 2007 by the pregnant music star Dama Do Bling accentuated certain ideals of femininity and revealed a set of ideological contradictions concerning sexuality and femininity in Mozambique. ‘The Bling scandal’, as it was called, served as a can opener in terms of making women’s sexuality publicly debatable among and between young women as well as among the media, politicians, organizations and religious leaders. While some young women see ‘the Bling scandal’ as a denigration of womanhood others see it as a sign of increasing freedom for women that involves transactional sexual relationships with sugar-daddies.
AB - In the Mozambican capital of Maputo, young women’s sexuality has become an issue of public concern, as popular culture as well as changing socio-economic landscape change female identities and pave the way for emerging forms of female agency and sexual assertiveness. In this article, I analyze how a highly erotic concert performance in 2007 by the pregnant music star Dama Do Bling accentuated certain ideals of femininity and revealed a set of ideological contradictions concerning sexuality and femininity in Mozambique. ‘The Bling scandal’, as it was called, served as a can opener in terms of making women’s sexuality publicly debatable among and between young women as well as among the media, politicians, organizations and religious leaders. While some young women see ‘the Bling scandal’ as a denigration of womanhood others see it as a sign of increasing freedom for women that involves transactional sexual relationships with sugar-daddies.
KW - sexuality
KW - femininity
KW - erotic expression
KW - popular culture
KW - class
KW - Mozambique
U2 - 10.1177/110330881101900303
DO - 10.1177/110330881101900303
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 291
EP - 312
JO - Young
JF - Young
SN - 1103-3088
IS - 3
ER -