ABSTRACT

Crimes against women are common in India due to oppressive cultural norms. Bollywood offers an opportunity to investigate gender role representations. This research examines 20 Bollywood item songs through an intersectional lens. The study is concerned with how aural affordances in item songs delineate oppressive gender roles and violence against women. The study discovered four major themes: increased substance use and gang culture depiction, lower-middle-class women’s hypersexualization, the problematic item girl persona, and female sexual liberation. The study explains how item songs can positively influence public opinion about gender roles and violence against women.

摘要

由于压迫性的文化规范，针对妇女的犯罪在印度很常见。宝莱坞提供了一个研究性别角色表征的机会。这项研究通过交叉视角审视了 20 首宝莱坞经典歌曲。这项研究关注的是歌曲中的听觉可供性如何描述压迫性的性别角色和针对女性的暴力行为。该研究发现了四个主要主题：物质使用和帮派文化描述的增加、中下层妇女的性欲过度化、有问题的女孩角色以及女性性解放。该研究解释了项目歌曲如何积极影响公众对性别角色和暴力侵害妇女行为的看法。