Research Catalog

Title

Yupiit yuraryarait : Yup'ik ways of dancing / James H. Barker and Ann Fienup-Riordan with Theresa Arevgaq John ; translations by Marie Meade, David Chanar, and Alice Rearden.

Author

Barker, James H.

Publication

Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• John, Theresa.
• Fienup-Riordan, Ann.

Description

xxxiii, 237 p. : ill.; 26x 27 cm. +

Summary

Illustrates the dance and music of the indigenous Alaskan Yup'ik people and provides information about how this interpretive art form is interconnected to the history of the land and the people. Examines the meaning of the complex and symbolic rituals and includes photographs, a glossary, an index, and a CD-ROM.

Alternative Title

Yup'ik ways of dancing

Subject

• Yupik dance > Alaska
• Yupik dance > Alaska > Pictorial works
• Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Social life and customs
• Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
• Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Songs and music
• Alaska > Social life and customs
• Alaska > Social life and customs > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• Music
• Pictorial works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Yuarutma mengyaraa/The beginning of my song -- Yuarutem agenra/The song's chorus -- Yup'ik dancing is like Akutaq : a rich mixture -- A land of dancers -- The moral foundations of Yup'ik dancing -- Song and dance through the seasons : the traditional cycle of ceremonies -- Apalluan ciuqlia/First verse -- Everything dances -- Powerful songs, past and present -- Apalluan kinguqlia/Second verse -- The missionary view -- The return of dancing -- Pamyua!/Tail! -- Why we dance -- From hardship to fulfillment -- Glossary.

ISBN

• 9781602230828 (cloth and hidden pbk.)
• 160223082X (cloth and hidden pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010009132

OCLC

• 551198832
• SCSB-11395060

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library