Representation of gender roles in selected Ankole marriage Songs
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Date
2019-04
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Kampala International University,College of Education
Abstract
The study covered the gender roles as portrayed in Ankole marriage songs with Ankole region as
the case study. It was propelled by the desire to find out the gender stereotypes as portrayed in
these songs especially of the female gender.
The study indicated that women are seen to be properties of men, patriarchy is more pronounced
in the Ankole marriage songs and women occupy a less significant part in Ankole because they
only live in the shadows of men.
As a way forward it has been recommended that further studies on the same subject should aim
at ending the unrealistic portrayal of women. The portrayal of women is largely biased, women
perform more than what has been presented but unfortunately their chores are not usually
brought into the lime light in a society that cherishes male chauvinism and dominance
Description
A dissertation submitted to the College of Education,
Open, Distance and e’ learning for the partial
fulfillment of the award of Bachelor
of Arts with Education of
Kampala International
University
Keywords
Gender roles, Marriage songs