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South Pacific oral traditions
- Title
- South Pacific oral traditions / edited by Ruth Finnegan and Margaret Orbell.
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 96-13249 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 259 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Voices in performance and text
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction; or, Why the Comparativist should take account of the South Pacific -- "My summit where I sit": form and content in Maori women's love songs -- Wry comment from the outback: songs of protest from the Niua Islands, Tonga -- Sex and slander in Tikopia song: public antagonism and private intrigue -- Wept thoughts: the voicing of Kaluli memories -- Profile of a composer: Ihaia Puka, a Pulotu of the Tokelau Islands -- Fiction, fact, and imagination: a Tokelau narrative -- "That isn't really a pig": spirit traditions in the Southern Cook Islands -- "Head" and "Tail": the shaping of oral traditions among the Binandere in Papua New Guinea -- Every picture tells a story: Visual alternatives to oral tradition in Ponam society -- Winged Tangi'ia: a Mangaian dramatic performance.
- Call Number
- JFE 96-13249
- ISBN
- 0253328683 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0253209587 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95004830
- OCLC
- 32589220
- Title
- South Pacific oral traditions / edited by Ruth Finnegan and Margaret Orbell.
- Imprint
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995.
- Series
- Voices in performance and text
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Finnegan, Ruth H.Orbell, Margaret, 1934-2006.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 96-13249