Chapter 7
It all comes down to sex
Metaphorical animalisation in reggaeton discourse
This chapter investigates how sex functions as
the main conductive thread in reggaeton musical discourse. By doing
so, it explores how metaphorical animalisation frames the male
perception of women. Following the Lakoffian conceptual basis
that people are animals, it shows how genders are perceived as predators
and prey and, subsequently, how this metaphorical animalisation conveys relations of power and control such as
domesticity, taming, submission, and servility. The analysis reveals
that whereas both are deliberately animalised, female animalisation
operates at the service of men. In this regard, women animalisation
is intrinsically related to being sexually objectified, dehumanised,
and even physically abused, with certain tints of sadomasochism. The
corpus analyses one hundred eighteen songs of twenty-five male
reggaeton singers. The analysis unveils that sexual desire,
pleasure, behaviour, and performance is intentionally
animal-rooted.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Metaphorical animalisation
- 3.Methodology
- 4.Analysis
- 4.1Women as animals
- 4.2Men as animals
- 5.Conclusions
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Notes
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References
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