Curse Songs in Popular Music of Iran (1380-present)

This research aims to study the "curse songs in popular music of Iran". For this purpose, Farsi music in Iran in the years 1380 to 1394 is analyzed. Qualitative approach is used. Since the study of popular music is as a part of popular culture, it can be studied in the field of sociology of art and culture. The main method used in this research is "structure-oriented grounded theory". Thus instead of using the existing theory as the theoretical framework, the researcher has been in pursuit of founding his theory out of data from field. For this purpose, sampling is from the theoretical type and data is collected from various sources. The various data collection techniques such as interviews, observations, online search, and gathering documents and texts have been used. All data is then encoded with instructions on the use of the three open, axial and selective coding. Finally, 20 categories extracted from approximately 80 elementary concepts. "Paradox of social life within human relations" as the central issue is identified. As second method, discourse analysis was employed and 5 curse discourses were identified and documented by evidence. At the end, by using the trustworthiness and pluralism criteria as alternatives to the reliability and validity in quantitative research, and also by responding to heptathlon questions of Strauss and Corbin about the experience, the research is evaluated.