Pin-ups: pictures that fascinate and seduce

Authors

  • Priscilla Afonso de Carvalho Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Maria Irene Pellegrino de Oliveira Souza Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2010v6n8p119

Keywords:

Pin-ups, erotic photograph, feminine body, fetish.

Abstract

Starting from photography studies, social anthropology and body visual, this article approaches the social construction of the feminine image through times. It narrates the history of erotic pinups photography and its fetishist elements. Pin-ups have aroused in the end of 19th century and it represents the free spirit of women. Slowly, it provokes the breakup of sensuality and sexuality feminine traditionalism. The article also discusses women’s sensuality as a desire object. The pin-ups sensual demure – with a mystery atmosphere – stimulated the eroticism at the beginning of the 20th century and, until nowadays, it provokes admiration, sigh and desire.

Author Biographies

Priscilla Afonso de Carvalho, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Graduada em Estilismo em Moda pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Especialista em Fotografia pela mesma instituição.

Maria Irene Pellegrino de Oliveira Souza, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Doutora em Estudos da Linguagem pela UEL/PR. Docente do curso de Especialização em Fotografia da Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Published

2010-12-15

How to Cite

Carvalho, P. A. de, & Souza, M. I. P. de O. (2010). Pin-ups: pictures that fascinate and seduce. Discursos Fotograficos, 6(8), 119–144. https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2010v6n8p119

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