Hanna, Mary
(Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2018)
With a shift in the Lebanese music industry with an emphasis on the physical appearance of the artists, the body perceptions and satisfactions of a Lebanese audience are affected by the way the media portray artists in contemporary Lebanese music videos. The past of Arab music was one filled with "art", "enchantment", and "ecstasy"(Hammond, 2005). Female artists or singers were deemed talented for their exceptional vocals and their abilities to grab the audiences' attention. In fact, Racy (2003) expressed how the period of classical Arab music, which lasted between the 50's and 70's, was ...