Music, gender, and culture /

Preface 7

MARCIA HERNDON
Biology and Culture: Music, Gender, Power, and Ambiguity 11

ANNA JOHNSON
The Sprite in the Water and the Siren of the Woods.
On Swedish Folk Music and Gender 27

ELIZABETH TOLBERT
Magico-Religious Power and Gender in the Karelian Lament 41

ANNA CZEKANOWSKA
Towards a Concept of Slavonic Women's Repertoire 57

ANKICA PETROVIĆ
Women in the Music Creation Process in the
Dinaric Cultural Zone of Yugoslavia 71

SUSANNE ZIEGLER
Gender-Specific Traditional Wedding Music in Southwestern Turkey 85

URSULA REINHARD
The Veils are Lifted. Music of Turkish Women 101

EDDA BRANDES
The Relation of Women's Music to Men's Music in Southern Algeria 115

CYNTHIA SCHMIDT
Group Expression and Performance Among Kpelle
Women's Associations of Liberia 131

GRETEL SCHWÖRER-KOHL
Considering Gender Balance in Religion and
Ritual Music Among the Hmong and Lahu in Northern Thailand 143

NORA YEH
Wisdom of Ignorance. Women Performers in the
Classical Chinese Music Traditions 157

JANE MINK ROSSEN
Politics and Songs: A Study in Gender on Mungiki 173

ADRIENNE L. KAEPPLER
The Production and Reproduction of Social and Cultural Values
in the Compositions of Queen Sālote of Tonga 191

CYNTHIA TSE KIMBERLIN
“And Are You Pretty?": Choice, Perception and Reality in
Pursuit of Happiness 221

HENRIETTA YURCHENCO
Mean Mama Blues: Bessie Smith and the Vaudeville Era 241

MARCIA HERNDON and SUSANNE ZIEGLER
Conclusion 253

Publications Cited 259

Index 275

List of Contributors 307