Library Catalog - School for Advanced ResearchSound and sentiment : birds, weeping, poetics, and song in Kaluli expression / Steven Feld.
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TextSeries: Publications of the American Folklore Society. v. 5New seriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982Description: xii, 264 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: 0812212991; 0812211243 (pbk.) :; 0812278291 :Subject(s): Kaluli (Papua New Guinea people) -- Social life and customs | Folk music -- Papua New Guinea | Folk songs, Kaluli -- Papua New Guinea | Birds -- Mythology -- Papua New Guinea | Birds -- Papua New GuineaDDC classification: 306/.0995/3 LOC classification: DU740.42 | .F44 1982Summary: Probes the aesthetic ideology of the Kahuli of the Papua New Guinea rain forest, examining sound as a system of symbols within a culture. Integrates ecological information with social and communicational analysis to explore the complex influences of the forest noises upon the creative soundmaking of its human inhabitants.Summary: J.I. Staley Prize, 1991.
| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main library collection Stacks | 995 Feld 1990 | Available | t 18253 | ||
| Main library collection | 995 Feld 1990 | Available | T 11500 | ||
| Main library collection Staley Prize shelf | REF 995 Feld 1990 | Not For Loan | 0001338 |
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 1979.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 254-258.
Discography: p. 259.
Probes the aesthetic ideology of the Kahuli of the Papua New Guinea rain forest, examining sound as a system of symbols within a culture. Integrates ecological information with social and communicational analysis to explore the complex influences of the forest noises upon the creative soundmaking of its human inhabitants.
J.I. Staley Prize, 1991.