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Zbuntowana hiperseksowność: demontaż męskiej popkultury według Peaches

Publication date: 12.2019

The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 2019, 10 (2/2019), pp. 53 - 73

https://doi.org/10.4467/24506249PJ.19.011.11983

Authors

Sławomir Kuźnicki
University of Opole, pl. Kopernika 11a, 45-040 Opole, Poland
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Titles

Rebellious Hypersexiness: Dismantling of Male Popculture according to Peaches

Abstract

Peaches is one of the most controversial popcultural icons of the twenty-first century. Born as Merrill Beth Nisker, Peaches is a Canadian artist who deals in her arts – mostly centered on electro rock music – with the issues of sexual freedom, and the hypocrisy of the contemporary power structures that still govern the relations between people, making the shade of patriarchy present. In her artistic activates – predominantly, but not exclusively, the lyrics to her songs – she performs a number of sexual transgressions that provoke questions about equality, identity, and liberty. She subverts the old, hypocritical system of values employing an explicitly shocking and direct attitude to sexualities that can be called hypersexiness. This article attempts to present Peaches’ uncompromising artistic attitude and is an attempt to read it through the aforementioned category of hypersexiness.  

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Dyskografia

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Information

Information: The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series, 2019, 10 (2/2019), pp. 53 - 73

Article type: Original article

Titles:

English:
Rebellious Hypersexiness: Dismantling of Male Popculture according to Peaches
Polish:

Zbuntowana hiperseksowność: demontaż męskiej popkultury według Peaches

Authors

University of Opole, pl. Kopernika 11a, 45-040 Opole, Poland

Published at: 12.2019

Article status: Open

Licence: CC BY-NC-ND  licence icon

Percentage share of authors:

Sławomir Kuźnicki (Author) - 100%

Article corrections:

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Publication languages:

Polish