Kimlik, Cinsiyet, Toplumsal Cinsiyet Kavramlari ve Müziğe Yansimalari
Identity, Sex and Gender concepts and Reflection of them to the Music

Summary/Abstract: In 1970's the concept of gender has been rised up with helping the disciplines of sociological, anthropological and psychological studies. First of all, the studies were about „gender“ and „identity“ issues in 1970's and after that they focused at the "feminism“ and „women studies“. Last decade, instead of „feminist“ and „women“ concepts, has started do search about two new headlines that were „sex“ and „gender theory“. Sex shows us that among all the living being, man and female differences from the genetic, physiological and biological features perspective. Gender is a cultural concept and has many differences as to sex. It has roles among men and women. To separate the roles among men and women which formed by the society according to the behaviors, mental and emotional specialties or to put forward the belief and expectations about how this separation should be done. The gender stereotypes seen in different shapes almost in every society can cause huge separations and classifications among people. Like anything which has been done for society there are various stereotypes in music too, such as giving instruments sex. How the techniques are performed? Which instrument should be played by which sex? Are some of the stereotypes in gender which has been and will be an attractive area for the researches.

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