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Women singers in global contexts : music, biography, identity / edited by Ruth Hellier ; afterword by Ellen Koskoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women singers.
- Women singers--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Exploring and celebrating individual lives in diverse situations, this work is a new departure in the study of women's worldwide music-making. Ten unique women constitute the heart of this volume: each one has engaged her singing voice as a central element in her life, experiencing various opportunities, tensions, and choices through her vocality.
- Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""The Companion Website""; ""Introduction. Vocal Herstories: Resonances of Singing, Individuals, and Authors Ruth Hellier""; ""1. Akiko Fujii: Telling the Musical Life Stories of a Hereditary Jiuta Singer of Japan Shino Arisawa""; ""2. Amelia Pedroso: The Voice of a Cuban Priestess Leading from the Inside Amanda Villepastour""; ""3. Ayben:""The Girl's Voice in Turkish Rap"" Thomas Solomon""; ""4. Ixya Herrera: Gracefully Nurturing ""Mexico"" with Song in the U.S.A. Ruth Hellier""
- ""5. Kyriakou Pelagia: The Housewife/Grandmother-Star of Cyprus Nicoletta Demetriou""""6. Lexine Solomon: Songs of Connection and Celebration by a Torres Strait Islander Katelyn Barney""; ""7. Marysia's Voice: Defining Home through Song in Poland and Canada Louise Wrazen""; ""8. Sathima Bea Benjamin: Musical Echoes and the Poetics of a South African-American Musical Self Car""; ""9. Sima's Choices: Negotiating Repertoires and Identities in Contemporary Iran Gay Breyley""; ""10. Zainab Herawi: Finding Acclaim in the Conservative Islamic Culture of Afghanistan Veronica Doubl""
- ""Afterword Ellen Koskoff""""Appendix""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-252-09436-0
- 1-299-14790-9
- OCLC:
- 828140134
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