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The Role Of Women In Traditional Scottish Song, Jaime D. Bunting

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Music is a looking-glass into cultural contexts. While timeless, genres of song are like time capsules swirling with people’s thoughts and emotions of far off times and places, and when studied, these emotions are reflected back to the listener. Furthermore, song, and the lyrics they claim, provide insight into the norms of language and how the way of expressing thoughts of the world has changed over time. It can also provide insight into specific issues, such as gender and gender norms, and how they have progressed.

Looking through the lens of gender, this essay briefly discusses the historical role of …