Women Musicians of Uzbekistan: From Courtyard to Conservatory by Tanya MerchantCall Number: ML345.U9 M47 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Series: New Perspectives on Gender in Music
In this book, Tanya Merchant challenges the Western idea of Central Asian women as sequestered and oppressed. Instead, she notes, Uzbekistan's women stand at the forefront of four prominent genres: maqam, folk music, Western art music, and popular music.