Vicky Shandil
Biographic Data
| ID | 8747585 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vicky Shandil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vicky |
| FAMILY NAME | Shandil |
| SIGNATURE | SHANDIL V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the South Pacific |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Performing the subversive
This paper shows that the cultural tools used to sustain hegemony can sometimes also be used to rebel against those ideologies. For instance, there are stereotyped depictions of Indo-Fijian women in most Vivah ke Geet (songs of wedding) performed by female folksingers of the Sanatani sect. However, not all the songs fall in this category with some portraying potentially socially subversive content. This paper focuses on some such songs and discus…
The gender agenda in Indo-Fijian wedding songs
There are stereotyped depictions of women in songs called Vivah ke Geet (songs of weddings) performed by female folksingers in the Indo-Fijian community of the Sanatani sect, which is one of the dominant religious groups among Indo-Fijians and the only demographically prominent sect that actually practises wedding song performances. These songs are performed for pre-wedding functions and wedding ceremonies, a ceremony composed of several fragment…
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The gender agenda in Indo-Fijian wedding songs
There are stereotyped depictions of women in songs called Vivah ke Geet (songs of weddings) performed by female folksingers in the Indo-Fijian community of the Sanatani sect, which is one of the dominant religious groups among Indo-Fijians and the only demographically prominent sect that actually practises wedding song performances. These songs are performed for pre-wedding functions and wedding ceremonies, a ceremony composed of several fragment…
Performing the subversive
This paper shows that the cultural tools used to sustain hegemony can sometimes also be used to rebel against those ideologies. For instance, there are stereotyped depictions of Indo-Fijian women in most Vivah ke Geet (songs of wedding) performed by female folksingers of the Sanatani sect. However, not all the songs fall in this category with some portraying potentially socially subversive content. This paper focuses on some such songs and discus…
Aesthetics (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Cultural hegemony (1 work) · Folklore (1 work) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 work)