Women Singers in Global Contexts

""An intellectually stimulating overview of how such musicians manage dynamically to present themselves with their own cultures. Highly recommended.""--Choice ""The first ethnographic collection to focus on individual female singers. . . . The range of the essays is impressive, featuring women of different generations from five continents. . . . this volume will be valuable to scholars interested in a variety of aspects related to biography and performance.""--Journal of Singing ""The ten women featured in this vibrant collection are celebrated for their vocal stories, which provide a unique insight into both their private and performing lives. The volume can be read as a source of inspiration… What is exhilarating …is the insight gained into the relationship between singing, belonging, identity and empowerment, including that of making money.""--Journal of World Popular Music ""Each chapter engages with multiple contexts, demonstrating the ways in which women from various backgrounds mediate performance and gendered expectations inside and outside their home communities. . . . Impactful intersections of different identity categories--gender, class, profession, or avocation (""singer""), location, age, sexuality, education, race, and marital and familial status--emerge as central to the work""--Ethnomusicology""An ambitious collection of essays on women singers by leading scholars in ethnomusicology and related fields. The volume will be welcomed by students of a variety of disciplines including ethnomusicology and women's studies.""--Anne K. Rasmussen, author of Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia