The Red Veil: Wedding Dresses Against Gender Based Violence un Latin American Art
Resumen
A wedding dress can be a symbol for many things. In terms of patriarchy a woman tying herselfto a man, and the white of her virginity represented in the purity of the fabric. A wedding can be a stepinto a life of violence and slavery. Wedding rituals, the events taking place before and after the ceremony,can also be a way to control women and their sexuality. This article is a close up to the work of LatinAmerican artists that use wedding gowns and rituals in their art works as a way to criticise gender basedviolence.
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Arte, feminismo, arte contemporáneo, boda, ritual
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