Identity Crisis and Protest: A General Analysis of Folk Songs
Keywords:
Identity, protest, crisis, folk songs, representation, response, imitation, marginalize, consciousness, supremacy, language, symbol, narrationAbstract
This study aims to reveal the underneath truth behind folk songs while going through a particular genre. There are songs created by various artists based on different occasions. In certain context, it can be identified as songs which represent protests against the problems, the creators are facing directly or indirectly. It can be identified that popular spoken forms have different texts in different periods and locations. A few examples are quoted from the Dravidian language family, Malayalam to clarify the assumed.
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Feature Film in Malayalam ‘Celluloid’, 2013, dir. Kamal.
Mundakan and Puncha are the words related with agriculture.
Nerm poy – Folk song (See a version in https://youtu.be/pm79gy57ITI)
Ara Muri Karikku means half piece of coconut. In this context it is supplying as coolie.
Ghassan Kanafani (1936-1972): https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/ghassankanafani-palestine-life-writer
