{"id":29441,"date":"2020-12-21T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arsis.gr\/?p=29441"},"modified":"2020-12-21T15:25:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:25:21","slug":"women-of-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsis.gr\/en\/women-of-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"Giusi Andriano – Women of HIP HOP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Block party in the South Bronx in 80s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The\nevolution of the figure of the women in street art is one of the social\nchallenges that women of Hip Hop culture tries to carry on, in its rebel\nartistic expressions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Being\na woman in the street life has a double issue: usually you are a woman and\nblack, woman and poor, woman and immigrant\u2026 \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nmarginalized femininity comes out from historical conditions (slavery era,\ngenocides, colonial exploitations) where the capacity to take control of one\u2019s\nsubjectivity and one\u2019s body was an act of rebellion against constraints imposed\nby machist society and the captive bodies were both desired and feared, in the\nslavery world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historically,\none of the first important messages of female rebellion was recognized in blues\nmusic. Out of the margins of society, blues women performed a badass femininity\nin counter-distinction to dominant notions of bourgeois femininity of the\n1920s.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With\nthe evolution of Hip Hop culture, from the 70s, the female issue was carried on\nthrough more various forms. We know Hip Hop is a world containing five main\nartistic elements: Graffiti<\/em>\u200b \u200b,DJ<\/em>\u200b \u200b, Mc<\/em>\u200b\n(also known as Rap), \u200bBeatbox <\/em>\u200band Breaking<\/em>\u200b(\u200b what our mass media calls Break\nDance). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breaking\nis the element in which I want to focus in this article, because I want to\nhighlight how the \u201cbeing female\u201d can be expressed by art and how both can be\nput together in front of society.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nsymbolic element who unites the feminine question of the past and of nowadays\nis the body<\/em>\u200b \u200b. In a society\nwho places a lot of expectations on the aesthetic beauty concept as a symbol of\nfemininity: well groomed girls, inspired by perfect legs and curves, the Bgirls\n(the name of the dancers who dance \u201con the Beat\u201d, B(eat)girl or B(reak)girl)\ndismantle this concept and express a kind of \u201cbadass<\/em>\u200b \u200b\u201d femininity: sometimes they have a muscular\nbody and a tough attitude that express in life or during competitions.  It is not important to be socially accepted\nbut is important to express. This is originality. This is art.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nattitude of hip hop is objectively masculine but women of hip hop don\u2019t care\nabout that and they feel however amazing. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nthe common idea, female gender belongs to the \u201cweak<\/em>\u200b          gender<\/em>\u200b\u201d and the words\nabout <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cpower\u201d\nare necessarily associated with masculinity, breaking teaches you that you\ndon\u2019t have to be necessarily a man to take some kind of steps, where physical\nstrength is needed. Women do amazing things too and the focus is not to how\nmuch physical strength do you have but the determination and the frequency you\ncarry on your passion.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\nseems obvious but it isn\u2019t.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is a\nkind of physiological interpretation where it needs to change the point of view\nand understand that disadvantage exists to the extent that you focus on. It is\nnot something that has been attributed to you from birth but is something\ndependent on your inner <\/p>\n\n\n\n

will.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bgirls of Turin, Teatro Regio – 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Personally\nI have often received small manifestations of \u201cnon acceptance\u201d from some guys,\nwho asked me to dress more elegant or to improve my appearance.  It\u2019s something I’ve learned to metabolize\nover the years, asking to myself: what makes me feel good? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s\nnormal that for a little percentage, we give importance to our social\nacceptance, how others see us.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\nevery time I dance, when I break, I understand that I am reaching my maximum\nexpression: I can get angry, I can be happy and show it without judgment and\nit\u2019s cool. I can also show my feminine being even without make up or with\nuncombed hair.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\nbelieve me, i feel very hottie.  <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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