Mafalda's Music: Care Against the Patriarchal Culture of Romantic Love in Spain
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[1] Salve Regina University
Salve Regina University
City of Newport, Estados Unidos
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- Localización: REGS: Revista de estudios de género y sexualidades = Journal of gender and sexuality studies, ISSN-e 2637-997X, ISSN 2637-9961, Vol. 49, Nº. 1, 2023, págs. 43-62
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Romantic love represents one of patriarchy’s most successful strategies to control emotions and human relations. Spanish popular culture has contributed to the prevalence of this view of love through theater, cinema, television, music, and more. This article explores how the Spanish band Mafalda criticizes romantic love through the analysis of two of their songs, which are examined concerning one another: “Absurdas pero necesarias” (2016) and “Necesarias pero absurdas” (2018). Their lyrical and musical analysis brings the songs’ political position to the surface, denouncing the inhospitable world patriarchy has created and proposing an alternative society based on care
