Steep slopes : music and change in the highlands of Papua New Guinea / Kirsty Gillespie.

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Gillespie, Kirsty [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Monographs in anthropologyPublisher: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource : text files, pdf files, and audio filesContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781921666438
1921666439

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Steep slopes.DDC classification:

780.956 22

LOC classification:

ML3775.P3 G55 2010

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Duna ancestral music -- Music and encounter -- Mourning and song -- Land and song -- Courting and song -- Creativity and preservation.

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."--Publisher's description

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Duna ancestral music -- Music and encounter -- Mourning and song -- Land and song -- Courting and song -- Creativity and preservation.

"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."--Publisher's description