The Female Representation in the Modern Dikir Music of Women Singers of the Deep South, Thailand

Abstract

Some Modern Dikir Music in Southern border of female singers has been used to present existence of women that calls for or criticizes the discourse on masculinity in patriarchal society. They call for leadership that is charge of leading and making happiness for women and children. However, on the one hand this request criticizes and resists malepower, but on the other hand it is the discursive reproduction of leadership of man.