Warriors and Mystics: Religious Iconography, Eroticism, Blasphemy and Gender in Punk Female Artists

This paper discusses the relationship between the use of religious iconography related to eroticism by Spanish punk artists, and the gender stereotyping that the appropriation of these symbols aims to destabilize. The desire to shock and disturb the audience places these artists in a position where...

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Autor principal:	Cristina Garrigós
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Lenguaje:	CA EN ES EU FR GL IT PT
Publicado:	Universitat de Barcelona 2017
Materias:	punk religion blasphemy eroticism Women. Feminism HQ1101-2030.7
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2042076205354abba899e570dec0d1452021-11-21T13:11:23ZWarriors and Mystics: Religious Iconography, Eroticism, Blasphemy and Gender in Punk Female Artists1136-57812013-9470https://doaj.org/article/2042076205354abba899e570dec0d1452017-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/lectora/article/view/20294https://doaj.org/toc/1136-5781https://doaj.org/toc/2013-9470 This paper discusses the relationship between the use of religious iconography related to eroticism by Spanish punk artists, and the gender stereotyping that the appropriation of these symbols aims to destabilize. The desire to shock and disturb the audience places these artists in a position where they have to challenge established values, such as religious and identity ones. There are many examples of male punk bands that openly rebel against organized religion, but the critique of these bands is direct, whereas women use eroticism to expose the patriarchal strategies of the church, as well as to project an image of themselves that breaks all expectations. Religious iconography becomes the tool for the ironic reevaluation and eventual destruction of cultural and gender structures as part of their artistic program. Cristina GarrigósUniversitat de BarcelonaarticlepunkreligionblasphemyeroticismWomen. FeminismHQ1101-2030.7CAENESEUFRGLITPTLectora: Revista de Dones i Textualitat, Iss 23 (2017)
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description	This paper discusses the relationship between the use of religious iconography related to eroticism by Spanish punk artists, and the gender stereotyping that the appropriation of these symbols aims to destabilize. The desire to shock and disturb the audience places these artists in a position where they have to challenge established values, such as religious and identity ones. There are many examples of male punk bands that openly rebel against organized religion, but the critique of these bands is direct, whereas women use eroticism to expose the patriarchal strategies of the church, as well as to project an image of themselves that breaks all expectations. Religious iconography becomes the tool for the ironic reevaluation and eventual destruction of cultural and gender structures as part of their artistic program.
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Warriors and Mystics: Religious Iconography, Eroticism, Blasphemy and Gender in Punk Female Artists

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