Azerbaijani women poet-minstrels
Subtitle: women ashiqs from the eighteenth century to the present
By: Anna C. Oldfield ; with a foreword by Sarah Moment Atis.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780773449909
Subjects: Asiqs -- Azerbaijan; Women musicians -- Azerbaijan; Music -- Social aspects -- Azerbaijan -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The world of saz and soz. Introduction ; Azerbaijan : the Odlar yurdu ; The origins of asiq arts ; Asiq arts in performance; title: Lives and times. The 19th century ; The 20th century; title: Tradition and transformation. 1984 and the Aşiq Päri Mäclisi ; Asiq arts in the contemporary world ; Tradition and transformation.