A Woman Voice in an Epic: Tracing Gendered Motifs in Anne Vabarna's Peko
In the article the gendered motifs found in Anne Vabarna’s Seto epic Peko are analysed. Besides the narrative telling of the life of the male hero, the motives regarding eating, refusing to eat or offering food, and the aspect of the female body or its control deserve to be noticed. These scenes do...
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| description | In the article the gendered motifs found in Anne Vabarna’s Seto epic Peko are analysed. Besides the narrative telling of the life of the male hero, the motives regarding eating, refusing to eat or offering food, and the aspect of the female body or its control deserve to be noticed. These scenes do not communicate the main plot, they are often related to minor characters of the epic and slow down the narrative, but at the same time they clearly carry artistic purpose and meaning. I consider these motifs, present in the liminal parts of the epic, to be the dominant symbols of the epic where the author’s feminine world is being exposed. Observing these motifs of Peko in the context of Seto religious worldview, the life of Anne Vabarna and the social position of Seto women, the symbols become eloquent and informative. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-41675c513b094edf80ed9826b3a3ec152025-02-02T15:31:11ZengSciendoJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics1736-65182228-09872011-03-0122254528A Woman Voice in an Epic: Tracing Gendered Motifs in Anne Vabarna's PekoAndreas Kalkun0Estonian Literary MuseumIn the article the gendered motifs found in Anne Vabarna’s Seto epic Peko are analysed. Besides the narrative telling of the life of the male hero, the motives regarding eating, refusing to eat or offering food, and the aspect of the female body or its control deserve to be noticed. These scenes do not communicate the main plot, they are often related to minor characters of the epic and slow down the narrative, but at the same time they clearly carry artistic purpose and meaning. I consider these motifs, present in the liminal parts of the epic, to be the dominant symbols of the epic where the author’s feminine world is being exposed. Observing these motifs of Peko in the context of Seto religious worldview, the life of Anne Vabarna and the social position of Seto women, the symbols become eloquent and informative.https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/28Seto epicgendered motifsfemale voicereligious worldviewsymbols |
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| title | A Woman Voice in an Epic: Tracing Gendered Motifs in Anne Vabarna's Peko |
| title_full | A Woman Voice in an Epic: Tracing Gendered Motifs in Anne Vabarna's Peko |
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| title_short | A Woman Voice in an Epic: Tracing Gendered Motifs in Anne Vabarna's Peko |
| title_sort | woman voice in an epic tracing gendered motifs in anne vabarna s peko |
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