Songs from the second float : a musical ethnography of Takū Atoll, Papua New Guinea /

This book, based on fieldwork spanning a decade, gives a comprehensive analysis of the musical life of a unique Polynesian community whose geographical isolation, together with a local ban on missionaries and churches, combine to allow its 600 members to maintain a level of traditional cultural prac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moyle, Richard M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai'i Press, ©2007.
Series:Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 21.
Subjects:
Music > Social aspects > Papua New Guinea > Tauu Islands.
Musique > Aspect social > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Tauu, Îles.
MUSIC > Ethnic.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Folk & Traditional.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Manners and customs
Music > Social aspects
Tauu Islands (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Tauu, Îles (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Papua New Guinea > Tauu Islands
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Geography and history
  • Takū society as the locus for musicking
  • Religious contexts of music
  • Processes of Takū music
  • The nature of Takū song
  • The nature of Takū dance.

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