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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ellen Koskoff |
| ISBN: | 031324314X 9780313243141 |
| OCLC Number: | 15107888 |
| Description: | xiii, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction to women, music, and culture -- From singing to lamenting [Greek village] -- Balkan women a preservers of traditional music and culture -- "Ya salio de la mar" [Judeo-Spanish wedding songs] -- Sociohistorical perspective on Tunisian woman as professional musicians -- Hazara women in Afghanistan : innovators and preservers of a musical tradition -- Professional women in Indian music :deathof the courtesan tradition -- Identity and individuality in an ensemble tradition : female vocalist in Java -- Female tayu in the Gidaya narrative tradition of Japan -- Musical tradition and gender identity in the myth and ritual of the Kalapalo of central Brazil -- The joyful sound : women in the nineteenth century United States hymnody tradition -- Close harmony : Early jazz styles in the music of the New Orleans Boswell Sisters -- Investigation into women-identified music in the United States -- The sound of a woman's voice [ Hassidic community] -- Power and gender in the musical experiences of women. |
| Series Title: | Contributions in women's studies, no. 79. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Ellen Koskoff. |
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