International Council for Traditional Music. Study Group on Music and Gender (Berlin).

Bibliogr., index.

Biology and Culture: Music, gender, power, and ambiguity / Herndon, Marcia -- The Sprite in the Water and the Siren of the Woods: On Swedish folk music and gender / Johnson, Anna -- Magico-Religious Power and Gender in the Karelian Lament / Tolbert, Elizabeth -- Towards a Concept of Slavonic Women's Repertoire / Czekanowska, Anna -- Women in the Music Creation Process in the Dinaric Cultural Zone of Yugoslavia / Petrovic, Ankica -- Gender-Specific Traditional Wedding Music in Southwestern Turkey / Ziegler, Susanne -- The Veils are Lifted: Music of Turkish women / Reinhard, Ursula -- The Relation of Women's Music to Men's Music in Southern Algeria / Brandes, Edda -- Group Expression and Performance Among Kpelle Women's Association of Liberia / Schmidt, Cynthia -- Considering Gender Balance in Religion and Ritual Music Among the Hmong and Lahu in Northern Thailand / Schworer-Kohl, Gretel -- Wisdom of Ignorance: Women performers in the classical Chinese music traditions / Yeh, Nora -- Politics and Songs: A study in gender on Mungiki / Mink Rossen, Jane -- The Production and Reproduction of Social and Cultural Values in the Compositions of Queen Sâlote of Tonga / Kaeppler, Adrienne L. -- "And Are You Pretty ?": Choice, perception and reality in pursuit of happiness / Tse Kimberlin, Cynthia -- Mean Mama Blues: Bessie Smith and the Vaudeville era / Yurchanco, Henrietta.