Gender in Traditional Music: An Overview of the New Challenges Related to Polish Ethnomusicology in the 21st Century Cover Image

Płeć w muzyce tradycyjnej – przegląd nowych wyzwań badawczych etnomuzykologii polskiej XXI wieku
Gender in Traditional Music: An Overview of the New Challenges Related to Polish Ethnomusicology in the 21st Century

Author(s): Angelika Tracz
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Koło Naukowe Studentów Muzykologii UJ
Keywords: feminism; cricital theories; gender; ethnomusicology

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is to present the feminist trend in Western ethnomusicology and then to compare it with the state of research in Poland. The query included the latest Western musicological and ethnomusicological literature, as well as the known sources about gender in Polish traditional music. The author, based on the experience gained during the field research carried out in recent years, indicates possible changes in conducting and analysing the field in order to obtain more accurate knowledge about gender performativity in Polish folklore.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 02 (45)
  • Page Range: 109-126
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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