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Women and music in cross-cultural perspective

Author: Ellen Koskoff
Publisher: New York : Greenwood Press, 1987.
Series: Contributions in women's studies, no. 79.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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