Introduction: Vocal herstories : resonances of singing, individuals, and authors / Ruth Hellier
Akkiko Fujii : telling the musical life stories of a hereditary jiuta singer of Japan / Shino Arisawa
Amelia Pedroso : the voice of a Cuban priestess leading from the inside / Amanda Villepastour
Ayben : the girl's voice in Turkish rap / Thomas Solomon
Ixya Herrera : gracefully nurturing "Mexico" with song in the U.S.A. / Ruth Hellier
Kyriakou Pelagia : the housewife/grandmother-star of Cyprus / Nicoletta Demetriou
Lexine Solomon : songs of connection and celebration by a Torres Strait islander / Katelyn Barney
Marysia's voice : defining home through song in Poland and Canada / Louise Wrazen
Sathima Bea Benjamin : musical echoes and the poetics of a South African-American musical self / Carol Muller
Sima's choices : negotiating repertories and identities in contemporary Iran / Gay Breyley
Zainab Herawi : finding acclaim in the conservative Islamic culture of Afghanistan / Veronica Doubleday
Afterword / Ellen Koskoff.
