Chanter les passions tristes au féminin.

Abstract

How can contemporary female artists sing the downside of romantic love, especially jealousy, without risking to be perceived as chained to patriarchy, or appearing naive, complacent and bitter ? How can a feminist singer present herself as the enunciator of a lyrical discourse that gives pride of place to self-pity and suffering ? This study weaves together enunciative and thematic criteria in the field of French popular music to determine the aesthetic and political constraints that affect female and feminist singers today.

Keywords

• enunciation
• feminism
• French song
• women’s studies
• jealousy