The Meaning of “Disability” in the Oral Narrative The Blind Woman Who Married -A Body with a “Disability” and Alienation from its Existence-

This paper discusses representation and meaning of “disability” of “women” in oral narratives in two respects: narrative and performance. Specifically, it examines the effects and limitations of the representation of “disability” in the oral performance of The Blind Woman Who Married. Furthermore, the meaning of the oral tradition of The Blind Woman Who Married is explored in the here and now. As a result, the “disability” in the oral narrative The Blind Woman Who Married is reproduced as knowing what a ordinary people cannot see or having excellent economic ability. It also reproduces the model of a good wife. However, through the process of performance, the community imposed a taboo or projected a heroic stance on “a certain body” represented by oral narratives. In this way, the community seems to have strengthened the solidarity of its members and solidified the ideology of “normality.” However, the existing body―the “certain body” mentioned through the performance of The Blind Woman Who Married―can experience ongoing conflict between “becoming” and “alienation.” Therefore, this paper attempts to find a clue to defend the intersecting body of “disability” and “woman” through the oral narrative The Blind Woman Who Married.