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Feminist Studies

Portrayal of Women in Selected Songs of Kenyan Male Artistes

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This article analyses how Kenyan male artistes portray and appear to view women as evidence in their songs about women. An application of social realism. Judith Butler's theory of performative, Derrida's approach of alterity, and Lakoff's theory of metaphor informs the analysis. Songs mark almost all sphere of life in Kenya. It is therefore, necessary to examine hoe the male artistes construct in the Kenyan society in their songs women. This can provide a window through which a better examination and understanding of the self and the other can be achieved by examining the gender discourse that prevails in the unconscious expressions of the artiste

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