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An introduction to women, music and culture, Ellen Koskoff; from singingto lamenting - women's musical role in a Greek village, Susan Auerbach;Balkan women as preservers of traditional music and culture, PatriciaK.Shehan; "Ya Salio de la Mar" - Judeo-Spanish wedding songs among MoroccanJews in Canada, Judith R.Cohen; a sociohistorical perspective on Tunisianwomen as professional musicians, L.Jafran Jones; Hazara women in Afghanistan- innovators and preservers of a musical tradition, Hiromi Lorraine Sakata;professional women in Indian music - the death of the courtesan tradition,Jennifer Post; identity and individuality in an ensemble tradition - thefemale vocalist in Java, R.Anderson Sutton; inversion and conjuncture - maleand female performance among the Temiar of Peninsular Malaysia, MarinaRoseman; female Tayu in among the Gidayu narrative tradition of Japan, A.KimiCoaldrake; musical expression and gender identity in the myth and ritual ofthe Kalapalo of central Brazil, Ellen B.Basso; the joyful sound - women inthe 19th Century United States hymnody tradition, Esther Rothenbusch; closeharmony - early jazz styles in the music of the New Orleans Boswell sisters,Jane Hassinger; an investigation into women-identified music in the UnitedStates, Karen E.Petersen; the sound of a woman's voice - gender and music ina New York hasidic community, Ellen Koskoff; power and gender in the musicalexperiences of women, Carol E.Robertson.