| Description |
xvi, 254 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, music, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Monographs in Anthropology |
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Monographs in anthropology.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Duna ancestral music -- 3. Music and encounter -- 4. Mourning and song -- 5. Land and song -- 6. Courting and song -- 7. Creativity and preservation -- 8. Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book is a musical ethnography of the Duna people of Papua New Guinea. A people who have experienced extraordinary social change in recent history, their musical traditions have also radically changed during this time. New forms of music have been introduced, while ancestral traditions have been altered or even abandoned. This study shows how, through musical creativity, Duna people maintain a connection with their past, and their identity, whilst simultaneously embracing the challenges of the present |
| Analysis |
Folk, Ethnic & World music |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) |
| Notes |
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at the publisher's home page: http://epress.anu.edu.au |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Duna (Papua New Guinean people) -- Music.
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Duna (Papua New Guinean people)
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Duna (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs.
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Folk music -- Papua New Guinea -- Southern Highlands Province -- History and criticism.
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Music -- Papua New Guinea -- Southern Highlands Province.
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| SUBJECT |
Papua New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81034915 -- Music.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001945
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Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85235760 -- Songs and music.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003686
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| Author |
ANU E Press.
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| LC no. |
2012358588 |
| ISBN |
9781921666421 (paperback) |
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