Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Musical Excerpts on Compact Disc Note on Textual and Musical Transcriptions Pronunciation Guide Acknowledgments 1: Approaching Prespa Singing 2: Singing as a Social Activity 3: Singing as a Gendered Activity 4: The "Order" of Weddings 5: The Prespa "System" 6: Singing and the Discourse of Honor 7: Singing as the Practice of Patriarchy 8: Emergent Subjectivities Glossary Notes Bibliography Discography Index

About the Author

Jane C. Sugarman is assistant professor of music at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.