Sustaining indigenous songs : contemporary Warlpiri ceremonial life in Central Australia / Georgia Curran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curran, Georgia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Warlpiri (Australian people)--Social life and customs.

Warlpiri (Australian people).

Indigenous peoples--Australia--Central Australia--Social life and customs.

Indigenous peoples.

Oral tradition--Australia--Central Australia.

Oral tradition.

Aboriginal Australians--History.

Aboriginal Australians.

History.

Manners and customs.

Australia--Central Australia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 189 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2020.

Summary:

"As an ethnography of Central Australian singing traditions and ceremonial contexts, this book asks questions about the vitality of the cultural knowledge and practices highly valued by Warlpiri people and fundamental to their cultural heritage. Set against a discussion of the contemporary vitality of Aboriginal musical traditions in Australia and embedded in the historical background of this region, the book lays out the features of Warlpiri songs and ceremonies, and centers on a focal case study of the Warlpiri Kurdiji ceremony to illustrate the modes in which core cultural themes are being passed on through song to future generations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Song and Ceremony in Indigenous Australia

Yuendumu: A Brief Social History

Warlpiri Songs: Rights, Genres, and Ceremonial Contexts

Kurdiji, a Ceremony for "Making Young Men

Holding Warlpiri Songs: Addressing Musical Endangerment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Curran, Georgia, Sustaining Indigenous songs

ISBN:

9781789206074

1789206073

OCLC:

1104067374