Sustaining Indigenous Songs

Contemporary Warlpiri Ceremonial Life in Central Australia
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78920-607-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 457 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Curran, Georgia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kunstethnologie, Musikethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Kunst, Musik, Tanz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations, Maps and Figures

Foreword

Otto Jungarrayi Sims

Acknowledgments

Notes on Text

Introduction

Chapter 1. Song and ceremony in Indigenous Australia

Chapter 2. Yuendumu: A Brief Social History

Chapter 3. Warlpiri Songs: Rights, Genres, and Ceremonial Contexts

Chapter 4. Kurdiji, a Ceremony for "Making Young Men"

Chapter 5. Holding Warlpiri Songs: Addressing Musical Endangerment

Conclusion

Appendix of songs from the Kurdiji Ceremony

Glossary

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Curran, Georgia
Georgia Curran is an anthropologist with interests in Indigenous music, languages and rituals. She lived in the Central Australian desert settlement of Yuendumu between 2005-2007 and has since continued to work on collaborative research projects with Warlpiri people. She is currently a research associate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.