A1 Journal article (refereed)
Imagined, remembered, gendered : Narratives of cosy other in the media representations of female folk singers (2018)
Karjalainen, N. (2018). Imagined, remembered, gendered : Narratives of cosy other in the media representations of female folk singers. Etnomusikologian vuosikirja, 30, 66-91. https://doi.org/10.23985/evk.69076
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Karjalainen, Noora
Journal or series: Etnomusikologian vuosikirja
ISSN: 0783-6821
eISSN: 1799-5256
Publication year: 2018
Volume: 30
Pages range: 66-91
Publisher: Suomen etnomusikologinen seura
Place of Publication: Helsinki
Publication country: Finland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23985/evk.69076
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/66940
Abstract
Here, the narratives of cosy other combine the narratives of origins, authenticity, and performance, which in turn are connected in the active processes of remembering and premediation, and construct the four singers as nostalgic, authentic, and feminine in the media. Thus, the concept of the cosy other is also built on remembering, the process of premediation within it, and cultural memory with its individual and collective levels affecting each other and working together in the process.
The aim of the study is to examine how the female folk singers are constructed as the cosy other in the media. The article endeavours to define the concept, to show how the narrative of cosy other is shaped, and to find out how cultural memory, remembering, and premediation work in this construction process. The theoretical framework of the paper is based on the concept of centre versus periphery (Chapman 1994), strategies of assimilation and projection in diminishing the threat of the other (Middleton 2000), discussions about the internal other (Bohlman 2000; O’Flynn 2014; Gelbart 2007), and studies on the concept of cultural memory (Erll 2009, 2011; Keightley & Pickering 2012).
Keywords: female singers; folk (pop music); media; representation (mental objects)
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Reporting Year: 2019
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