ISBN:
9781789206081
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
212 p.
Edition:
1st edition
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations, Maps and Figures -- Foreword by Otto Jungarrayi Sims -- Acknowledgements -- 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’ -- Chapter 5. Holding Warlpiri songs: addressing musical endangerment -- Conclusion -- Appendix of songs from the Kurdiji ceremony -- Glossary of Warlpiri words -- References -- Index --
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http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/CurranSustaining
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