A musical view of the universe : Kalapalo myth and ritual performances /

A Musical View of the Universe is a study of the relationships between spoken myth and musical ritual in a native Brazilian community, the Carib-speaking Kalpalo of the Upper Xingu Basin. The book focuses on the meanings created and expressed through performance of artistic processes in which sound...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Basso, Ellen B., 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985.
Series:University of Pennsylvania publications in conduct and communication.
Subjects:
Apalakiri Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Apalakiri Indians > Folklore.
Apalakiri Indians > Music.
Rites and ceremonies > Brazil > Xingu River Valley.
Folklore > Brazil > Xingu River Valley.
Discourse analysis, Narrative > Brazil > Xingu River Valley.
Indians > Folklore > Brazil > Xingu River Valley.
Indians > Music > Brazil > Xingu River Valley.
Apalakiri > Rites et cérémonies.
Apalakiri > Folklore.
Apalakiri > Musique.
Peuples autochtones > Brésil > Xingu, Vallée du > Folklore.
Peuples autochtones > Brésil > Xingu, Vallée du > Musique.
Rites et cérémonies > Brésil > Xingu, Vallée du.
Folklore > Brésil > Xingu, Vallée du.
Discours narratif > Brésil > Xingu, Vallée du.
MUSIC > Ethnomusicology.
Indians > Music
Indians > Folklore
Apalakiri Indians
Discourse analysis, Narrative
Folklore
Rites and ceremonies
Kosmogonie
Mythologie
Musik
Brazil > Xingu River Valley
Apalakiri.
Music
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Guide to Pronouncing Kalapalo Words
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Meaning Constructed Through Performance
  • Chapter 2. Narrative Performances and Discourse Structures
  • Chapter 3. Myth as an Explanatory Mode
  • Chapter 4. Sound as Symbol: Orders of Animacy
  • Chapter 5. The Government of Grief
  • Chapter 6. Fantasies of Erotic Aggression
  • Chapter 7. Saturated with Music, Submerged in Sense
  • Appendix 1: Transcribing and Translating
  • Appendix 2: Kwambi Songs (as sung by Kambe)
  • Appendix 3: Songs Called "Birding" (itolotepe) (as sung by Kudyu, Ugaki, Tsarjaku)
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Index of Myths.

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