This article will look at the figure of Pratima Barua Pandey, one of the icons of Goalpariya folk music in Assam, through a critical feminist lens. Basing the study on the qualitative method of interviews, especially with musicians, singers and other stakeholders associated with the folk form in question, we will try to locate her persona within a framework of contradictions, as someone who had transgressed the constricting spaces of caste/class/gender to be where she was, with deep and caring relationships with local practitioners of the folk form, and also as someone who co-opted and sanitized the form at the same time, given her social location and the larger politics of culture within which she was located. By including the first-hand narratives of our research participants throughout the article, we attempt to arrive at a ‘thick description’ of the concerned theme of study. Such an understanding will help to critically interrogate the conventional image of Pratima Pandey as the ‘hero’ of Goalpariya folk music.

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“隐形特权”的文化产物：对阿萨姆邦Goalpariya民间音乐中普拉蒂玛·巴鲁阿·潘迪形象的批判性反思

本文将通过批判的女权主义视角，探讨阿萨姆邦Goalpariya民间音乐的偶像之一Pratima Barua Pandey的形象。基于访谈的定性方法的研究，尤其是针对音乐家，歌手和与相关民间形式相关的其他利益相关者的访谈，我们将尝试在矛盾的框架内定位她的角色，因为有人已经超越了种姓/种姓的狭窄空间班级/性别是她所处的位置，与民间形式的本地从业者有着深厚的关怀关系，并且由于她的社会地位和更大范围内的文化政治，同时也选择了这种形式/对其进行了消毒她所在的位置。通过在整篇文章中包含我们研究参与者的第一手叙述，我们试图对相关研究主题进行“详尽的描述”。这种理解将有助于批判性地审视Pratima Pandey作为Goalpariya民间音乐“英雄”的传统形象。