Essays about: "Piropos"

Found 1 essay containing the word Piropos.

  1. 1. Straight Línea : A phenomenological approach to women's response to piropos in contemporary Havana

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Agnes Ahlsén; [2017]
    Keywords : Piropos; Catcalling; Heterosexuality; Cuba; Havana; Injurious Speech; Queer phenomenology; Sexualised Space; Women s feelings;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates women's feelings on being subjected to piropos (catcalling) in their everyday lives. Through interviews with four Cuban women living in Havana, I analyse women's experiences of piropos through a phenomenological lens and through speech theory, investigating how norms surrounding sexualities and gender are materialised in and between language, bodies and spaces. READ MORE