Ritual soundings : women performers and world religions /

The women of communities in Hindu India and Christian Orthodox Finland alike offer lamentations and mockery during wedding rituals. Catholic women of southern Italy perform tarantella on pilgrimages while Muslim Berger girls recite poetry at Moroccan weddings. Around the world, women actively claim...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Weiss, Sarah (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Series:	New perspectives on gender in music.
Subjects:	Women musicians. Gender identity in music. Music > Religious aspects. Marriage customs and rites. Women > Social conditions. Musiciennes. Identité sexuelle dans la musique. Musique > Aspect religieux. Mariage > Rites et cérémonies. Femmes > Conditions sociales. musicians. Geschlechterrolle Hochzeit Kulturvergleich Musikerin Musikethnologie Ritual Weltreligion