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Bowie challenged traditional gender norms, and rebelled against societal

expectations​ ​of​ ​femininity​ ​and​ ​masculinity.

Bowie’s transgression has been effectively reiterated through his album covers. His

reclining pose while adorning a dress on the cover of ‘The Man Who Sold The
World is an explicit invitation to the audience to immerse themselves in gender

play, and challenge patriarchal gender roles. What is interesting is that Bowie goes

further than addressing just gender, toying with the ideas of otherness and
alienation through his embodiment of an androgynous carnal alien. In this

performativity of gender transgression, Bowie blurred the lines between what

conventional society assumed what a closed, stable and fixed binary of gender

representation; a fixed binary with no scope of subversion. Bowie opened

conversations surrounding the social construct of gender and how it is performed,
leaving​ ​behind​ ​a​ ​rebellious,​ ​blazing​ ​trail​ ​for​ ​androgyny​ ​to​ ​thrive​ ​within.

Our​ ​Representation​ ​And​ ​Analysis

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