Painting with words: describing women in photography

  1. Iryna Mykytka
  2. Isabel Balteiro Fernández
Revista:
Feminismo/s
  1. Balteiro Fernández, Isabel (coord.)

ISSN: 1696-8166 1989-9998

Año de publicación: 2021

Título del ejemplar: Women, sexual identity and language / Mujer, identidad sexual y lenguaje

Número: 38

Páginas: 149-175

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.14198/FEM.2021.38.06 WoS: WOS:000672766900006 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

Otras publicaciones en: Feminismo/s

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Resumen

Este estudio pretende identificar y analizar los recursos lingüísticos que se utilizan para describir a las mujeres en la fotografía, y las similitudes y diferencias entre las descripciones de mujeres y hombres. Hoy en día, las fotografías digitales suelen ir acompañadas de texto, tales como títulos, descripciones, comentarios o etiquetas. Aunque el lenguaje utilizado en las redes sociales se ha explorado en gran medida en relación con diferentes campos de conocimiento y desde diferentes perspectivas, hasta donde sabemos, no hay ningún trabajo que trate el lenguaje utilizado por los fotógrafos profesionales para describir a mujeres y hombres. Para llevar a cabo este estudio, hemos recopilado dos muestras de las palabras clave utilizadas por fotógrafos profesionales para describir imágenes que representan figuras femeninas y masculinas, extraídas de un banco de imágenes de fotógrafos profesionales (Alamy). Para cumplir con el objetivo propuesto, se han identificado y seleccionado los adjetivos descriptivos utilizados, para luego analizarlos, compararlos y contrastarlos. Los resultados muestran grandes similitudes en el uso de los adjetivos descriptivos para las imágenes de mujeres y hombres. Asimismo, parecen sugerir que las mujeres y su belleza son descritas desde la perspectiva masculina y los estereotipos presentes en nuestra sociedad.

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