The Great Woman SingerLicia Fiol Matta traces the careers of four iconic Puerto Rican singersMyrta Silva, Ruth Fernndez, Ernestina Reyes, and Lucecita Bentezto explore how their voices and performance style transform the possibilities for comprehending the figure of the woman singer. Fiol Matta shows how these musicians, despite seemingly intractable demands to represent gender norms, exercised their artistic and political agency by challenging expectations of how they