Villanueva Vega, Marién

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    Fairy tales and reggaeton narratives: Reinforcement of gender stereotypes inherent in Puerto Rican popular culture
    (2012) Villanueva Vega, Marién; Irizarry Rodríguez, José M.; College of Arts and Sciences - Arts; Román Pérez, Rosa I.; Vicente, Nancy Vanessa; Carroll, Kevin S.; Department of English; Quiñones Padovani, Carlos E.
    This thesis is informed on a feminist pedagogy and understanding which examines gender inequality and develops from the idea that everything in literature, music, and any other manifestation of popular culture is related in one way or another within the patriarchal system in which we live. The way children, and especially girls, perceive themselves is reinforced by what they read and listen to, and by situations they experience where they live. In the first part of this thesis, Disney’s versions of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast along with the Grimm Brothers’ versions of the same stories (the latter changing its title to The Winter Rose) were used as examples of fairy tale narratives which reinforce gender stereotypes inherent in Puerto Rico’s popular culture. In the second part, Wisin and Yandel’s song Irresistible and Alexis and Fido’s song Energía were used as examples of highly successful reggaeton narratives which then reinforce gender stereotypes inherent in Puerto Rico’s popular culture. This thesis evidences how both forms of popular culture portray and justify in an appealing way ideological structures which promote, among other things, gender constructs and acceptance of violence in society.