{"product_id":"sustaining-indigenous-songs-contemporary-warlpiri-ceremonial-life-in-central-australia-9781789206074","title":"Sustaining Indigenous Songs: Contemporary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“I believe the book to provide quite a fascinating and up-to-date glimpse of Warlpiri music, a people who have had many academic collaborators, but whose musical traditions have not received sustained attention in recent years.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Peter Toner\u003c\/strong\u003e, St. Thomas University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a richly detailed ethnography of Warlpiri ritual and song… [It] offers a deeply textured analysis of the Kurdiji ceremony which unpacks the ceremonial structure of kin relations, the dances of ‘travelling ancestral women’ and the semantics of the song series performed by the men.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Fiona Magowan\u003c\/strong\u003e, Queen’s University Belfast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations, Maps and Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eForeword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOtto Jungarrayi Sims\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on Text\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Song and ceremony in Indigenous Australia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Yuendumu: A Brief Social History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Warlpiri Songs: Rights, Genres, and Ceremonial Contexts\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eKurdiji\u003c\/em\u003e, a Ceremony for \"Making Young Men\"\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Holding Warlpiri Songs: Addressing Musical Endangerment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAppendix of songs from the \u003cem\u003eKurdiji\u003c\/em\u003e Ceremony\u003cbr\u003e \tGlossary\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042559164759,"sku":"9781789206074","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789206074.jpg?v=1750954638","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sustaining-indigenous-songs-contemporary-warlpiri-ceremonial-life-in-central-australia-9781789206074","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}