نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Lullaby is one of the folk songs that people in olden times employed to express their feelings. Since formed according to these people’s beliefs, culture, and socio-political conditions, lullabies can reflect the various dimensions of dominant socio-cultural structures. Hence, the authors of the present study analyzed North Khorasan’s lullabies in the light of Frankfort School scholars’ theories. The study’s findings revealed some of their prominent features. Patriarchy was their first characteristic. In these lullabies, readers do not encounter powerful mothers; they are less dignified and respected. The socially-manifested power solely belongs to the father and his occupation is the most direct exhibition of the power of capital. The second element is hegemony. The lullabies indicate that cultural beliefs have disrupted women's mental development rendering them dependent and subject to hegemony that women have internalized in the course of their lives. The third aspect refers to polygamy. Women can not directly complain against this custom and the lullabies can only mirror their passive and suppressed anger because, in the absolute system of patriarchy, the organization of the number of family members is under the control of the head of the family (father). Lastly, despite raising passive complaints, the lullabies as part of folk culture do not have any liberatory potential due to the absence of independent thinking and innovative ways to tackle patriarchal tyranny. Instead, they serve to reinforce the hegemonic relations and class differences
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