Women musicians of Uzbekistan / Tanya Merchant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merchant, Tanya, author.

Series:

New perspectives on gender in music.

New Perspectives on Gender in Music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women musicians--Uzbekistan.

Women musicians.

Feminism and music--Uzbekistan.

Feminism and music.

Music--Social aspects--Uzbekistan.

Music.

Music--Uzbekistan--20th century--History and criticism.

Music--Uzbekistan--21st century--History and criticism.

Uzbekistan--Social life and customs.

Uzbekistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Influences by women's distinct influence on Uzbekistan's music, this work ventures into Tashkent's post-Soviet music scene to place women musicians within the nation's evolving artistic and political arenas. Drawing on fieldwork and music study carried out between 2001 and 2014, the text challenges the Western idea of Central Asian women as sequestered and oppressed. Instead, the work notes the ways Uzbekistan's women stand at the forefront of four prominent genres: maqom, folk music, Western art music, and popular music.

Contents:

Beyond the canon : feminizing the national project through traditional music

Ancient treasures, modernized : women's dutar ensembles and arranged folk music

Like Tereshkova in the cosmos : women at the forefront of Western art music

"Greetings to the Uzbek people!" : popular music in public and private settings

Marrying past, present, and future : the essential work of wedding music

Women's musical communities performing the nation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252081064

0252081064

OCLC:

913562707