Engendering song
Subtitle: singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings
By: Jane C. Sugarman.
Series: Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
Subjects: Albanians -- Prespa, Lake, Region -- Music -- History and criticism; Albanians -- North America -- Music -- History and criticism; Folk music -- Prespa, Lake, Region -- History and criticism; Folk music -- North America -- History and criticism; Folk songs, Albanian -- Prespa, Lake, Region -- History and criticism; Folk songs, Albanian -- North America -- History and criticism; Wedding music -- History and criticism; Albanians -- Social life and customs; Sex role
Description: For Prespa Albanians, both at home in Macedonia and in the diaspora, the most opulent, extravagant, and socially significant events of any year are wedding celebrations. Combining photographs, song texts, and vibrant recordings of the music with her own evocative descriptions, ethnomusicologist Jane C. Sugarman focuses her account of Prespa weddings on notions of gendered identity, demonstrating the capacity of singing to generate and transform relations of power within Prespa society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discography: p. 386.