Abstract: Planetary Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Research

Abstract:
The costume design as the main element in the construction of the character and characterization of the Burlesque feminine element, it`s development being an integrated part of a process whose result is a significant translation of the artist's individual identity. The present study aims to understand the semiotic aspects in the aesthetic construction of the Burlesque figure, for that, the costume will be segmented into three categories - glamor, fetish, deconstruction - and analyzed according to Peircean semiotics in order to understand how does the Burlesque performance participates in the characterization of the feminine individuality