| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012022030 |
| ISBN | 9780252037245 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0252037243 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 40022004387 |
