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Sustaining Indigenous Songs : Contemporary Warlpiri Ceremonial Life in Central Australia / Georgia Curran.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (206 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789206074
  • 9781789206081
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299.9215 23
LOC classification:
  • DU125.W3 .C877 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781789206081

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

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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.

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