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Sung tales from the Papua New Guinea highlands : studies in form, meaning, and sociocultural context /

The genres of sung tales that are the subject of this volume are one of the most striking aspects of the cultural scene in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Composed and performed by specialist bards, they are a highly valued art form. From a comparative viewpoint they are remarkable both for their sc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: ANU E Press
Otros Autores: Rumsey, Alan, Niles, Don
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introducing highlands sung tales / Don Niles and Alan Rumsey
  • Yuna Pikono / Kenny Yuwi Kendoli
  • Music and language in Duna pikono / Kirsty Gillespie and Lila San Roque
  • Parallelism in Duna pikono / Michael Sollis
  • Sung tales in Héla Húli / Gabe C.J. Lomas
  • An ethnomusicological discussion of Bì Té, the chanted tales of the Huli / Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan
  • Enga tindi pii: the real world and creative imagination / Philip Gibbs
  • Parallelism and poetics in tindi narratives sung in the Ipili language / Terrance Borchard and Philip Gibbs
  • The structure of chanted Ipili tindi / Frances Ingemann
  • Skywalkers and cannibals: chanted tales among the Angal / Hans Reithofer
  • Style, plot, and character in Tom Yaya Tales from Ku Waru / Alan Rumsey
  • Metric melodies and the performance of sung tales in the Hagen area / Don Niles
  • Bamboo knives, bows, and waterfalls: the presentation of "traditional knowledge" in Melpa kang rom, Duna pikono, and the works of Hesiod and Virgil / Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart.