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Women and Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Koskoff
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Description for Women and Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
"The past fifteen years have been a time of intense scholarly interest in women, resulting in an explosion of literature that has begun to reveal the overriding effects of gender on other cultural domains. Affecting all aspects of culture, issues of sexuality, gender-related behaviors, and inter-gender relations also have profound implications for music performance. This volume represents an introduction to the field of women, music, and culture and in no way attempts to be comprehensive in its coverage nor conclusive in its implications. For example, Western classical music is not discussed here, many large world areas are not covered, nor ... Read more
"The past fifteen years have been a time of intense scholarly interest in women, resulting in an explosion of literature that has begun to reveal the overriding effects of gender on other cultural domains. Affecting all aspects of culture, issues of sexuality, gender-related behaviors, and inter-gender relations also have profound implications for music performance. This volume represents an introduction to the field of women, music, and culture and in no way attempts to be comprehensive in its coverage nor conclusive in its implications. For example, Western classical music is not discussed here, many large world areas are not covered, nor ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252060571
SKU
V9780252060571
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About Koskoff
Ellen Koskoff is a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, director of ethnomusicology programs, and general editor of the Eastman/Rochester Studies in Ethnomusicology series. She is the author of A Feminist Ethnomusicology: Writings on Music and Gender and Music in Lubavitcher Life.
Reviews for Women and Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective
"Helps rectify the implicit view, in scholarly as well as popular thought, of the male as the cultural prototype and the female as the variant."
Martha Ellen Davis, Indiana University and Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Dominican Republic
Martha Ellen Davis, Indiana University and Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Dominican Republic