Ankica Petrovic (NHC Fellow, 1993–94)
Project Title
The Changing Role of Women in Religious Rituals
University of Sarajevo
Return to All FellowsFellowship Work Summary, 1993–94
Ankica Petrovic concentrated on her book, The Changing Role of Women in the Interpretation of Religious Chants. For this volume, she wrote essays on "Women as the Active Participants in Jewish Religious Chants," "Gender, Power, and Musical Creativity in the Balkans," "The Status of the Traditional Music in Eastern Europe—a Critical Review," and "New Perspectives of Sephardic Folk Music Established by Flory Jagoda."