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The Poet's Salary /

For the first time in many years, on the little island of Motalava in Vanuatu, a new song will be composed in the island's ancestors' language, the language of god Quat, and become part of the island's repertoire. The Poet's Salary tells of the daily life of ethnographers while d...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wittersheim, Eric (Director, Producer), Francois, Alexandre (Director)
Format: Video
Language:French
Bislama
Language Notes:In French, Mwotlap, and Bislama, with subtitles in English.
Published: London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2008.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Francois, Alexandre.
Stern, Monica.
François, Alexandre.
Ethnologists > France.
Vanuatu > Social life and customs.
Ethnologues > France.
Ethnologists.
Manners and customs.
France.
Vanuatu.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Films ethnographiques.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:For the first time in many years, on the little island of Motalava in Vanuatu, a new song will be composed in the island's ancestors' language, the language of god Quat, and become part of the island's repertoire. The Poet's Salary tells of the daily life of ethnographers while doing fieldwork, through a vivid and colourful account of the mutual exchanges between the people of Motalava and ethnolinguist Alexandre Francois and ethnomusicologist Monika Stern.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (60 min.)
Playing Time:00:59:23