The Blemished Reality of Women in the Selected Lyrical Songs of Tara Thapa

Abstract

This research paper aims to analyze and investigate how the women are portrayed as subordinated to men in the eight purposively selected songs sung by Tara Thapa in the contemporary society. To address this objective, the researcher is going to examine the primary text (lyrics) of each song and analyze it in-depth by using the liberal feminism. The study aims to explore how the reality of women is blemished or misrepresented in different forms of literatures like poems, songs and novels. Here the researcher aims to explore how both the male and female lyricists have used the different metamorphic symbols in their songs to show the superiority of men in the contemporary society. Tara Thapa, a female singer who has sung songs of female lyricists as well as male lyricists embodies the patriarchal ideas challenging the traditional gender roles. This study has used the qualitative analysis and applies liberal feminist theory as the main analytical tool. The significance of this research study lies in its attempt to reveal the hidden gender biasness in popular cultural norms and to show how the songs behold the deep cultural meanings while also offering the potential for social change for equality, freedom and autonomy.