Songs of the Empty Place

Songs of the Empty Place
Author :
Publisher : ANU Press
Total Pages : 239
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781925022230
ISBN-13 : 1925022234
Rating : 4/5 (234 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Songs of the Empty Place by : James F. Weiner

Download or read book Songs of the Empty Place written by James F. Weiner and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 31 months between 1979 and 1995, James F. Weiner conducted anthropological research amongst the Foi people in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. This book contains the transcriptions, translations, and descriptions of the songs he recorded. The texts of women’s sago songs (obedobora), men’s ceremonial songs (sorohabora), and women’s sorohabora are included. Men turn the prosaic content of womenís sago songs into their ownsorohabora songs, which are performed the night following large-scale inter-community pig kills, called dawa. While women sing sago songs by themselves, men sing their ceremonial songs in groups of paired men. Women also have their own ceremonial versions of such songs. The songs are memorial in intent; they are designed to commemorate the lives of men who are no longer living. Most commonly they do so by naming the places the deceased inhabited during his lifetime. These song texts and translations are introduced by Weiner. Ethnomusicologist Don Niles then brings together information about each type of song and considers these Foi genres in relation to those of neighbouring groups, highlighting aspects of regional performance styles. Consideration is also given to the poetic devices used in Papua New Guinea songs. Eighteen recordings illustrating the Foi genres discussed in this book are available for download. It remains uncertain how such songs may be affected by the major oil extraction project that has been undertaken in the region for more than two decades. This book will interest students of anthropology, ethnomusicology, linguistics, verbal art, aesthetics, and cultural heritage.


Songs of the Empty Place Related Books

Songs of the Empty Place
Language: en
Pages: 239
Authors: James F. Weiner
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-13 - Publisher: ANU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

For 31 months between 1979 and 1995, James F. Weiner conducted anthropological research amongst the Foi people in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Burt Bacharach: Song By Song
Language: en
Pages: 689
Authors: Serene Dominic
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-12-01 - Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Best known as the composer of such hits as Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By," Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love," and the Carpenters' "Close to You," Burt Bacha
The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: Julia Simon
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-25 - Publisher: Penn State Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Lonnie Johnson is a blues legend. His virtuosity on the blues guitar is second to none, and his influence on artists from T-Bone Walker and B. B. King to Eric C
Reading the Song of Songs in a #MeToo Era
Language: en
Pages: 359
Authors:
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-06-26 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Song of Songs is the only book of the Bible to privilege the voice of a woman, and its poetry of love and eroticism also bears witness to violence. How do t
Bee Gees, Process and Latent Elements in Music Production
Language: en
Pages: 157
Authors: Pat O’Grady
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-11-26 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book examines the creative process of the Bee Gees and the latent elements that shaped their sound. From their formative Australian work to the highs of th