La performatividad de lo masculino en la construcción de una identidad femenina: Los retratos de Romaine Brooks y Tamara de Lempicka

Rosa Maria Bravo Valdes

doi:10.29057/ia.v9i18.6897

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Rosa Maria Bravo Valdes National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9283-9812

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https://doi.org/10.29057/ia.v9i18.6897

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modernity, performativity, gender identify, portraiture, fashion

Abstract

Through portraiture, painters Romaine Brooks and Tamara de Lempicka used fashion to construct a new narrative of the modern woman, one that subverted the heteronormative gender discourse of the early 20^th century. Their aesthetic proposals, both of which combined masculine and feminine signs seamlessly, were groundbreaking in representing women in a way that showcased a diversity of sexual and gender expression that was impossible to label. Through an analysis of performativity, and using gender theory, we uncover how both artists used masculinity and androgynous elements towards a creation of a feminine identity.

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