Books By Margaret H. Beissinger - Author

Margaret Hiebert Beissinger is a Research Scholar and Lecturer in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University. Before teaching at Princeton, she was on the faculty of the Slavic Department and the Folklore Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research and publications focus on Slavic and East European folklore, oral epic, and Romani culture and music-making. She has authored numerous articles and chapters, as well as The Art of the Lautar: The Epic Tradition of Romania and coedited the volumes Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World and Manele in Romania: Cultural Expression and Social Meaning in Balkan Popular Music.