Title Love songs of Arnhem land / Ronald M. Berndt

Published [West Melbourne, Vic.] : T. Nelson, 1976

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	784.76991 Ber		AVAILABLE

Description xx, 244 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Summary Three song cycles (Goulburn Island, Rose River, Djarada) of Murngin (Wulamba or Maleg) groups collected at Yirrkala with inter-linear texts; discussion of background to songs and how they were collected; analysis of Aboriginal sexuality in social life, myth, ritual and symbolism; Appendix includes description of love magic objects Analysis Australian Aboriginal song cycles. Special subjects: Love. Critical studies Australian Aboriginal song cycles. Special subjects: Love. English texts Poetry in Australian Aboriginal languages. Special subjects: Love. Critical studies Poetry in Australian Aboriginal languages. Special subjects: Love. English texts Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 237-239 Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Aboriginal Australian poetry -- History and criticism. Aboriginal Australians -- Music -- History and criticism. Aboriginal Australians -- Dances Aboriginal Australians -- Music. Aboriginal Australians -- Poetry -- History and criticism. Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Music Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Social life and customs Erotic poetry, Australian (Aboriginal) Erotic songs -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Texts. Erotic songs -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- History and criticism. Erotic songs -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) -- Texts. Erotic songs, Australian aboriginal -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- History and criticism Erotic songs, Australian aboriginal -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land -- Texts Sex customs -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.) Sex customs -- Australia. Song cycles -- History and criticism. Song cycles. Songs, Aboriginal Australian -- History and criticism. Songs, Aboriginal Australian. Genre/Form Music. Poetry. LC no. 78305274 ISBN 0170051072

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