Women Singers in Global Contexts

Ruth Hellier is an assistant professor of ethnomusicology at University of California Santa Barbara, where she also teaches performance studies and theater.

Title PageCopyright PageContentsThe Companion WebsiteIntroduction. Vocal Herstories: Resonances of Singing, Individuals, and Authors Ruth Hellier1. Akiko Fujii: Telling the Musical Life Stories of a Hereditary Jiuta Singer of Japan Shino Arisawa2. Amelia Pedroso: The Voice of a Cuban Priestess Leading from the Inside Amanda Villepastour3. Ayben:"The Girl's Voice in Turkish Rap" Thomas Solomon4. Ixya Herrera: Gracefully Nurturing "Mexico" with Song in the U.S.A. Ruth Hellier5. Kyriakou Pelagia: The Housewife/Grandmother-Star of Cyprus Nicoletta Demetriou6. Lexine Solomon: Songs of Connection and Celebration by a Torres Strait Islander Katelyn Barney7. Marysia's Voice: Defining Home through Song in Poland and Canada Louise Wrazen8. Sathima Bea Benjamin: Musical Echoes and the Poetics of a South African-American Musical Self Car9. Sima's Choices: Negotiating Repertoires and Identities in Contemporary Iran Gay Breyley10. Zainab Herawi: Finding Acclaim in the Conservative Islamic Culture of Afghanistan Veronica DoublAfterword Ellen KoskoffAppendixContributorsIndex