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This article examines the transgressive gender acts in a rap music video by Tanzanian musician Professor Jay entitled “Zali la Mentali”. It argues that, on the one hand, this music video subverts established gender norms and the dominance of the male figure by representing a female character who displays more power and agency in comparison with her male counterpart while, on the other hand, it also participates in maintaining and propagating male centred gender norms.
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This article examines the transgressive gender acts in a rap music video by Tanzanian musician Professor Jay entitled “Zali la Mentali”. It argues that, on the one hand, this music video subverts established gender norms and the dominance of the male figure by representing a female character who displays more power and agency in comparison with her male counterpart while, on the other hand, it also participates in maintaining and propagating male centred gender norms.
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This article examines the transgressive gender acts in a rap music video by Tanzanian musician Professor Jay entitled “Zali la Mentali”. It argues that, on the one hand, this music video subverts established gender norms and the dominance of the male figure by representing a female character who displays more power and agency in comparison with her male counterpart while, on the other hand, it also participates in maintaining and propagating male centred gender norms.
Prof. Imani SANGA
University of Dar es Salaam
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This page is a summary of: The Antinomies of Transgressive Gender Acts in Professor Jay’s Rap Music Video “Zali la Mentali” in Tanzania, Journal of Literary Studies, January 2018, UNISA Press,
DOI: 10.1080/02564718.2018.1447871.
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