TY  - BOOK
AU  - Curran,Georgia
AU  - Sims,Otto Jungarrayi
TI  - Sustaining Indigenous Songs: Contemporary Warlpiri Ceremonial Life in Central Australia 
SN  - 9781789206074
AV  - DU125.W3 .C877 2020
U1  - 299.9215 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Aboriginal Australians
KW  - History
KW  - Indigenous peoples
KW  - Australia
KW  - Central Australia
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Oral tradition
KW  - Warlpiri (Australian people)
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Anthropology (General), Anthropology of Religion, Cultural Studies (General)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789206081?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781789206081
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781789206081/original
ER  -