A Literature Review on the Theme of Female Music in the Accompanying Marriage Songs in Jiahe County, China

Journal: Arts Studies and Criticism DOI: 10.32629/asc.v5i3.2445

Rong Cheng1, Mohd Hassan bin Abdullah2

1. Universiti Pendidikan Sultan IdrisTanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
2. Hunan International Business Vocational College, Changsha, Hunan, China

Abstract

The accompanying marriage songs in Jiahe County (hereinafter referred to as JHAMS) are rare female music examples in Chinese folk wedding rituals. They are particularly precious and special for Chinese music research, which does not pay much attention to gender research. This paper uses a qualitative systematic literature review method to search, screen, classify, analyse, and compare the existing gender research literature on JHAMS. It is found that the proportion is only 10.53%, and the research topics are mainly "female psychology" and "female roles." It can be seen that further increasing and deepening the gender research on JHAMS has important exploratory significance and academic value.

Keywords

JHAMS, Female music, qualitative systematic literature review, gender research

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