Danielson, Virginia.

The voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic song, and Egyptian society in the twentieth century/ Virginia Danielson. - Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1997. - xiii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

1: "The Voice and Face of Egypt"
2: Childhood in the Egyptian Delta
3: Beginning in Cairo
4: Media, Style, and Idiom
5: "The Golden Age of Umm Kulthum" and Two Cultural Formations
6: "The Voice of Egypt": The Artists' Work and Shared Aesthetics
7: Umm Kulthum and a New Generation

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Singers--Biography.--Egypt
Songs, Arabic--History and criticism.--Egypt
Popular music--History and criticism.--Egypt
Music--Social aspects--Egypt.

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