A Voice Like Thunder: Corsican Women's Lament as Cultural Work

Funeral rites are commonly understood as a means by which communities reestablish normal or ideal social relationships following death. Lament, which has played a prominent role in such rites, has been studied in numer-ous cultural and historical contexts as a practice that is effective on both a p...

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Main Author: Ruth Emily Rosenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2004-09-01
Series:Current Musicology
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5043