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Tikopia songs : poetic and musical art of a Polynesian people of the Solomon Islands
- Title
- Tikopia songs : poetic and musical art of a Polynesian people of the Solomon Islands / Raymond Firth with Mervyn McLean.
- Author
- Firth, Raymond, 1901-2002
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | PL6520 .F57 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- McLean, Mervyn
- Description
- xvii, 307 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm +
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture ; 20
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture ; 20.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Table of contents, publisher description and sample text also available via World Wide Web.
- Language (note)
- Includes text in Tikopia.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. The nature of Tikopia song -- 2. Tikopia poetic language and imagery -- 3. Funeral and mourning as musical occasions -- 4. Dance and song -- 5. The structure of Tikopia music -- 6. Dance songs of everyday life -- 7. Songs of the sea and of travel -- 8. Eulogies and farewells -- 9. Songs of protest and criticism -- 10. Songs of erotic arousal and sex antagonism -- 11. Laments and funeral dirges -- 12. Songs on historical and mythic themes, and of ritual quality.
- ISBN
- 0521391296
- 9780521391290
- 0521398126
- 9780521398121
- LCCN
- 89071158
- OCLC
- 858504301
- ocn858504301
- SCSB-2828499
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries