Through the experiences of performers, composers, and
ethnomusicologists working in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and
North America, Music and Gender explores how the uses and
descriptions of music shift in response to rapid political,
economic, or technological change.
A cross-section of case studies from the Central African
Republic, Finland, and Turkey address issues of how performance
reflects gender and furthers other social goals, such as
negotiating identity and transforming consciousness. Articles on
Croatian and Serbian popular music and on the changing
circumstances of women musicians in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and
post-Soviet Estonia consider the fate of fragile constructions of
gender and nationhood in times of war or crisis. Other essays
discuss the relationship of gender to digital sound technology --
in terms of access to the field, interactions among musicians, and
aesthetic decisions -- and gender issues in writing the musical
lives of women composers and performers.
Articulating a theoretical agenda that encompasses perspectives
from vastly different musical cultures, this important collection
shows how music can help bridge the radical transformations of
individuals, groups, and nations.
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