Gender, song, and sensibility : folktales and folksongs in the highlands of New Guinea
Title:
Gender, song, and sensibility : folktales and folksongs in the highlands of New Guinea
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Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern.
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Physical Description:
x, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780275977924
Abstract:
Annotation Contains texts and/or translations of courting songs, ballads, folktales, and mythology of the people of Highlands New Guinea, and presents an historical picture of gender relations as portrayed through the material.
Annotation The authors challenge earlier analyses of Highlands societies of Papua New Guinea that have concentrated on gendered antagonism, taboos, and male domination. Drawing copiously on courting songs, ballads, folktales, and myths, they display the emotional sensibilities of the people and the importance of female spirits to their imaginative lifeworlds.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:
Introduction: Sensibilities and Sexuality -- Courting Songs -- Folk Tales and Oral Narratives -- Ballads -- Body Decoration -- Female Spirits and Initiation.
Language:
Includes text in Duna.