Sustaining Indigenous Songs : Contemporary Warlpiri Ceremonial Life in Central Australia /
Curran, Georgia
Sustaining Indigenous Songs : Contemporary Warlpiri Ceremonial Life in Central Australia / Georgia Curran. - 1 online resource (206 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Text -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Song and Ceremony in Indigenous Australia -- Chapter 2 Yuendumu: A Brief Social History -- Chapter 3 Warlpiri Songs: Rights, Genres, and Ceremonial Contexts -- Chapter 4 Kurdiji, a Ceremony for “Making Young Men” -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Song Verses from the Kurdiji Ceremony -- Glossary -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
As an ethnography of Central Australian singing traditions and ceremonial contexts, this book asks questions about the vitality of the cultural knowledge and practices highly valued by Warlpiri people and fundamental to their cultural heritage. Set against a discussion of the contemporary vitality of Aboriginal musical traditions in Australia and embedded in the historical background of this region, the book lays out the features of Warlpiri songs and ceremonies, and centers on a focal case study of the Warlpiri Kurdiji ceremony to illustrate the modes in which core cultural themes are being passed on through song to future generations.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781789206074 9781789206081
10.1515/9781789206081 doi
Aboriginal Australians--History.
Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs.--Australia--Central Australia
Oral tradition--Australia--Central Australia.
Warlpiri (Australian people)--Social life and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Anthropology (General), Anthropology of Religion, Cultural Studies (General).
DU125.W3 / .C877 2020
299.9215
Sustaining Indigenous Songs : Contemporary Warlpiri Ceremonial Life in Central Australia / Georgia Curran. - 1 online resource (206 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Text -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Song and Ceremony in Indigenous Australia -- Chapter 2 Yuendumu: A Brief Social History -- Chapter 3 Warlpiri Songs: Rights, Genres, and Ceremonial Contexts -- Chapter 4 Kurdiji, a Ceremony for “Making Young Men” -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Song Verses from the Kurdiji Ceremony -- Glossary -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
As an ethnography of Central Australian singing traditions and ceremonial contexts, this book asks questions about the vitality of the cultural knowledge and practices highly valued by Warlpiri people and fundamental to their cultural heritage. Set against a discussion of the contemporary vitality of Aboriginal musical traditions in Australia and embedded in the historical background of this region, the book lays out the features of Warlpiri songs and ceremonies, and centers on a focal case study of the Warlpiri Kurdiji ceremony to illustrate the modes in which core cultural themes are being passed on through song to future generations.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781789206074 9781789206081
10.1515/9781789206081 doi
Aboriginal Australians--History.
Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs.--Australia--Central Australia
Oral tradition--Australia--Central Australia.
Warlpiri (Australian people)--Social life and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Anthropology (General), Anthropology of Religion, Cultural Studies (General).
DU125.W3 / .C877 2020
299.9215