Question

-How does gender play a role in music and culture? Give one example from your own experience.

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Ethnomusicology is interested in ______________________, that is why we study things like music and identity, music and the environment, and cultural exchange.

		Semantics
		Context
		Pedagogy
		Lethargy

Answer 1

Ethnomusicology from the point of view of gender is not the study of women and music. Granted, concern over inequality in scholarly treatment of female musical behaviors has led to explorations of uncharted areas of women's music in order to rectify the imbalance. Music, Gender, and Culture, however, is an effort to demonstrate that, far from playing a game of academic "catch up," the authors are applying new strategies to discover what human involvement with music can teach us about one another.
Music, Gender, and Culture, however is weighted toward women's music, and all fifteen authors are female. Seven of the essays compare the philosophies and behaviors of both men and women. The most exemplary article in this regard is Susanne Ziegler's team approach to the study of Turkish wedding music, in which male and female students participated in gender-appropriate events, subsequently compiling their findings into a balanced report.
Ethnomusicology is interested in 'contexts' that is why we study things like music and identity, music and the environment, and cultural exchange.