Reference : Kleiner Mann, große Frau. Zum Genderaspekt im Volkslied
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Multilingualism and Intercultural Studies
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/27071
Kleiner Mann, große Frau. Zum Genderaspekt im Volkslied
German
[en] Small Man. Tall Woman. The Gender Aspect in Folk Songs
Sagrillo, Damien[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
[en] This paper investigates the relationship between men and women in folksong texts. But it does neither deal with a repertoire that reflects the views of men over women, nor with a depiction of women in folk songs. Nevertheless, it begins with the latter aspect in mentioning from a folkloric viewpoint a relationship in using embellished and trivialized metaphors. These types of folksongs are by no means characteristic for a repertoire, similar over language barriers. Most folk songs address in a more or less neutral way the cohabitation between man and women. The inversion of gender roles is broadly represented. The description of folk songs about gender concepts concludes the article.