Victors,victims and villains : women and musical arts in Zimbabwe - present and present / edited by Bridget Chinouriri,Ushehwedu Kufakurinani and Munyaradzi Nyakudya

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: women and musical arts in Zimbabwe: past and present / Munyaradzi Nyakudya, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani and Bridget Chinouriri --Women and musical arts in Zimbabwe: a historical trajectory / Munyaradzi Nyakudya, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, Bridget Chinouriri and Passmore Chishaka --Women, music and society in Zimbabwe: perceptions and constructions / Perminus Matiure -Depiction and representation of images of women in selected songs by Paul Matavire / Excellent Chireshe --
Gender and dance performance in Chidzero's Nzvengamutsvairo and Mutsvair's Chaminuka, Prophet of Zimbabwe / Jairos Gonye --
"Wakachipa Kunge Bhero": gender and the portrayal of women in selected Zimdancehall songs / Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, Munyaradzi Nyakudya and Bridget Chinouriri --Beyond the cultural and nationalist imaginary: Zimdancehall and the subversion of female objectification / Tanaka Chidora --Pole dancing and agency, from victims to victors: the case of Beverly Sibanda and The Sexy Angels / Kelvin Chikonzo and Portia Chifamba --A sociological critique of the artistic bazaar created by Sandra Ndebele and Beverly Sibanda in the post-2000 era / Reggemore Marongedze and Enock Machanja --
Female artists from Matabeleland performing at and against the interstice: a socio-ethnomusicological analysis / Gibson Ncube and Gugulethu Siziba --Victimhood and 'politics of space': representations of women in Zimbabwean protest theatre / Doricah Mhako-Mutonhodza --Call the riot police, the girls are dancing: law, censorship and female dance(r)s in Zimbabwe / Pedzisai Maedza --Voices of dissent: the music of Chiwoniso Mairaire, 'The Rebel Woman' / Innocent Tinashe Mutero --Femal Mbira practitioners challenging the male-dominated field of Mbira music in Zimbabwe / Gibson Ncube and Margret Chipara.