Description |
1 online resource : text files, pdf files, and audio files |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Duna (Papua New Guinean people) -- Music.
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Duna (Papua New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs.
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Papua New Guinea -- Music.
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MUSIC -- Ethnomusicology.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gillespie, Kirsty. Steep slopes. Canberra, ACT : ANU E Press, 2010 9781921666421 (DLC) 2012358588 (OCoLC)631717617 |
ISBN |
9781921666438 (electronic bk.) |
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1921666439 (electronic bk.) |
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9781921666421 |
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1921666420 |
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