This is Part 5 out of Part 5 of “Women In Resistance Through The Means Of Music” thesis written by Jamie Alvis.
CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION
I have found that the women I have studied have at least one thing in common – they
oppose the dominant media representation of femininity and resist the notion that
women should look and behave in specific ways. Other areas of commonality
amongst my examples are issue related to individual identity and a sense of belonging
to a community. These issues seem to be important within the three generations that I
have discussed. The legacy of Patti Smith’s gender resistance seem evident in
contemporary music, with females artists such as Tarrie B which justifies my
argument and her similar mode of resistance. The Spice Girls also made a
contribution, they had a limited effect on changing notions of femininity even though
they were much more mainstream than my other examples in my dissertation.
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