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"From Textual to Cultural Meaning: 'Tjanne'/'Barbel' in Contextual Perspective"
Peere, Isabelle
2020In Burden, Matilda (Ed.) Social Issues in Ballads and Songs
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Keywords :
Modern under Mulde (Dgf 89),; Flemish and Danish traditional balladry; lacemakers'song, death, (re)marriage, parody
Abstract :
[en] This interpretive study of 'Tjanne'/'Barbel', one of the most intriguing and remarkable (revenant) ballads of the Flemish (lacemakers') repertoire, examines its textual records under the lens of multi-level contextual data in exploration of the song's relevance and 'meaning' within its living context. A side look at a representative text of the, as to Grundtvig, Danish Ur-type 'Moderen under Mulde' (DgF 89), highlights the Flemish specific traits against the generic ones. The correlation of this textual data with previous analyses of other (English Midlands and French Vellave) women's (and lacemakers') song expressions and subculture in a patriarchal system, yields surprising insights. The ballad narrative appears to address not so much an extreme case of bereavement and remarriage as to question an ordinary pater familias' moral aptitude to marriage. The Flemish texts drive the point further by resolving the case through a 'serious' and a 'parodic' plot, i.e. religious fervour and derision, to suit distinct performance contexts and audiences, while in either case enhancing a wife and mother's moral and spiritual duties (or 'legacy') to her own or as effective prevention.
Disciplines :
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Peere, Isabelle ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège : UER > UER Langues
Language :
English
Title :
"From Textual to Cultural Meaning: 'Tjanne'/'Barbel' in Contextual Perspective"
Publication date :
22 October 2020
Event name :
43rd International Ballad Conference of the Kommission für Volksdichtung
Event organizer :
Matilda Burden
Event place :
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Event date :
du 13 octobre au 19 octobre 2013
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Social Issues in Ballads and Songs
Editor :
Burden, Matilda
Collection name :
Kommission für Volksdichtung - Special Publications
Pages :
51-86
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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Funders :
ULiège. Patrimoine - Université de Liège. Patrimoine [BE]
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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