Gender and Performance in Kashmiri Folklore

The folklore of Kashmir, from the traditional oral traditions of the past, down to the present times, has become a viable medium for the masses to raise their voice against injustice and exploitation. This paper is an attempt to explore not only the marginalized voices seeking to address questions a...

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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Univ. 2021
In: Nidān
Jahr: 2021, Band: 6, Heft: 1, Seiten: 1-17
weitere Schlagwörter:B Kashmir
B Performativity
B Folklore
B Discontent
B Gender
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Zusammenfassung:The folklore of Kashmir, from the traditional oral traditions of the past, down to the present times, has become a viable medium for the masses to raise their voice against injustice and exploitation. This paper is an attempt to explore not only the marginalized voices seeking to address questions about social injustices, but also explores the changing patterns of discontent in Kashmiri folklore as a means of cultural resistance that is important from a gender perspective. Additionally, the paper explores the reversal of gender roles and the cross dressing of performers within folkloristic genres, arguing that these constitute acts of resistance against orthodoxy and power. The paper finally aims to understand the performativity of gender identity as a social construct by studying select verbal and performative folklore forms.,
ISSN:2414-8636
Enthält:Enthalten in: Nidān
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.58125/nidan.2021.1