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

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Hellier, Ruth

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780252094361
0252094360

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women singers in global contextsDDC classification:

780.92/52 B 23

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ML82

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Contents:

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.

Summary: Exploring and celebrating individual lives in diverse situations, Women Singers in Global Contexts 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. These biographical and poetic narratives demonstrate how the act of vocalizing embodies dynamics of representation, power, agency, activism, and risk-taking. Engaging with performance practice, politics, and constructions of gender through vocality and vocal aesthetics, this collection offers valuable insights into the experiences of specific women singers in a range of sociocultural contexts. Contributors trace themes and threads that include childhood, families, motherhood, migration, fame, training, transmission, technology, and the interface of private lives and public identities. -- Book jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Exploring and celebrating individual lives in diverse situations, Women Singers in Global Contexts 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. These biographical and poetic narratives demonstrate how the act of vocalizing embodies dynamics of representation, power, agency, activism, and risk-taking. Engaging with performance practice, politics, and constructions of gender through vocality and vocal aesthetics, this collection offers valuable insights into the experiences of specific women singers in a range of sociocultural contexts. Contributors trace themes and threads that include childhood, families, motherhood, migration, fame, training, transmission, technology, and the interface of private lives and public identities. -- Book jacket.

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