Merchant, Tanya,

Women musicians of Uzbekistan / Tanya Merchant. - 1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations, map. - New Perspectives on Gender in Music . - New perspectives on gender in music. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beyond the canon : feminizing the national project through traditional music -- Ancient treasures, modernized : women's dutar ensembles and arranged folk music -- Like Tereshkova in the cosmos : women at the forefront of Western art music -- "Greetings to the Uzbek people!" : popular music in public and private settings -- Marrying past, present, and future : the essential work of wedding music -- Women's musical communities performing the nation.

9780252097638 (e-book)


Women musicians--Uzbekistan.
Feminism and music--Uzbekistan.
Music--Social aspects--Uzbekistan.
Music--History and criticism.--Uzbekistan--20th century
Music--History and criticism.--Uzbekistan--21st century


Uzbekistan--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

ML345.U9 / .M473 2015

780.82/09587