Engendering Song Singing and Subjectivity at Prespa Albanian Weddings

Name: Engendering Song Singing and Subjectivity at Prespa Albanian Weddings
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ISBN: 9780226779737

ISBN-10: 0226779734

ISBN-13: 9780226779737

Edition: 1997

Authors: Jane C. Sugarman

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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 ceremonies. During days and weeks of festivities, wedding celebrants interact largely through singing, defining and renegotiating as they do so the very structure of their social world and establishing a profound cultural touchstone for Prespa communities around the world. 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…

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/27/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Musical Excerpts on Compact Disc


Note on Textual and Musical Transcriptions Pronunciation Guide


Acknowledgments



Approaching Prespa Singing



Singing as a Social Activity



Singing as a Gendered Activity



The "Order" of Weddings



The Prespa "System"



Singing and the Discourse of Honor



Singing as the Practice of Patriarchy



Emergent Subjectivities


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Discography


Index