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Gender image of the piano

Author(s): Fan Lu
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Music, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: piano; the image of the instrument; gender image of piano; gender stereotype; home music making;

Summary/Abstract: The article reveals the gender image of the piano. The gender image of the piano is understood as a reconstruction of an instrument in the human mind, under which clear mental associations with the distinction of people by gender are evolved. Methodology. The research methodology lies in using culturological and comparative methods of cognition. The interdisciplinary method helps to reveal the importance of the gender image of the piano through its reflection in related art and culture areas. Scientific Novelty. In the article, for the first time in the Ukrainian musicology, the gender image of the piano is analyzed, and its role in the history of instrument development is determined.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 382-390
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Ukrainian