Women singers in global contexts music, biography, identity / edited by Ruth Hellier ; afterword by Ellen Koskoff.

Other author Hellier, Ruth.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press,
Description253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Women singers.
Women singers--Social conditions.

Contents Introduction: Vocal herstories : resonances of singing, individuals, and authors / Ruth Hellier -- Akkiko Fujii : telling the musical life stories of a hereditary jiuta singer of Japan / Shino Arisawa -- Amelia Pedroso : the voice of a Cuban priestess leading from the inside / Amanda Villepastour -- Ayben : the girl's voice in Turkish rap / Thomas Solomon -- Ixya Herrera : gracefully nurturing "Mexico" with song in the U.S.A. / Ruth Hellier -- Kyriakou Pelagia : the housewife/grandmother-star of Cyprus / Nicoletta Demetriou -- Lexine Solomon : songs of connection and celebration by a Torres Strait islander / Katelyn Barney -- Marysia's voice : defining home through song in Poland and Canada / Louise Wrazen -- Sathima Bea Benjamin : musical echoes and the poetics of a South African-American musical self / Carol Muller -- Sima's choices : negotiating repertories and identities in contemporary Iran / Gay Breyley -- Zainab Herawi : finding acclaim in the conservative Islamic culture of Afghanistan / Veronica Doubleday -- Afterword / Ellen Koskoff.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2012022030
ISBN9780252037245 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252037243 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN40022004387