Sung tales from the Papua New Guinea highlands : studies in form, meaning, and sociocultural context /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	JSTOR (Organization), ANU E Press
Other Authors:	Rumsey, Alan, Niles, Don
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Lyric poetry. Ethnomusicology > Papua New Guinea. Folk music > Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea > Songs and music. MUSIC > Ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology. Folk music. Papua New Guinea. Electronic books. Music.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introducing Highlands Sung Tales / Don Niles and Alan Rumsey
Yuna Pikono / Kenny Yuwi Kendoli
Music and Language in Duna Pikono / Kirsty Gillespie and Lila San Roque
Parallelism in Duna Pikono / Michael Sollis
Sung Tales in Héla Húli / Gabe C.J. Lomas
An Ethnomusicological Discussion of Bì Té, the Chanted Tales of the Huli / Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan
Enga Tindi Pii: The Real World and Creative Imagination / Philip Gibbs
Parallelism and Poetics in Tindi Narratives Sung in the Ipili Language / Terrance Borchard and Philip Gibbs
The Structure of Chanted Ipili Tindi / Frances Ingemann
Skywalkers and Cannibals: Chanted Tales among the Angal / Hans Reithofer
Style, Plot, and Character in Tom Yaya Tales from Ku Waru / Alan Rumsey
Metric Melodies and the Performance of Sung Tales in the Hagen Area / Don Niles
Bamboo Knives, Bows, and Waterfalls: The Presentation of "Traditional Knowledge" in Melpa Kang Rom, Duna Pikono, and the Works of Hesiod and Virgil / Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart.