Collection of essays addressing Western and non-Western music, exploring questions of gender and sexuality

This collection of essays by distinguished contributors is a major contribution to this field, covering the key issues and offering an array of individual case studies and methodologies.

This book explores the ways in which familiarity impacts our behaviour and responses to music; influences our appreciation and perceptions of music; and also shows how familiarity affects musicians’ performance practices.

. . . What she has to say specifically about the music and the text is sharp, accurate, and telling; she hears what takes place musically with unusual sensitivity."-The New York Review of Books

Gender and sexuality, repression and resistance, deviance and acceptance, identity and community—all are given a context in this fascinating work.