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dc.contributor.authorWeiner F., James
dc.contributor.authorNiles, Don
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-26 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:33:46Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:33:46Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier574051
dc.identifierOCN: 945782993en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33123
dc.description.abstractFor 31 months between 1979 and 1995, James F. Weiner conducted anthropological research amongst the Foi people in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. This book contains the transcriptions, translations, and descriptions of the songs he recorded. The texts of women’s sago songs (obedobora), men’s ceremonial songs (sorohabora), and women’s sorohabora are included. Men turn the prosaic content of womenís sago songs into their own sorohabora songs, which are performed the night following large-scale inter-community pig kills, called dawa. While women sing sago songs by themselves, men sing their ceremonial songs in groups of paired men. Women also have their own ceremonial versions of such songs. The songs are memorial in intent; they are designed to commemorate the lives of men who are no longer living. Most commonly they do so by naming the places the deceased inhabited during his lifetime. These song texts and translations are introduced by Weiner. Ethnomusicologist Don Niles then brings together information about each type of song and considers these Foi genres in relation to those of neighbouring groups, highlighting aspects of regional performance styles. Consideration is also given to the poetic devices used in Papua New Guinea songs. Eighteen recordings illustrating the Foi genres discussed in this book are available for download. It remains uncertain how such songs may be affected by the major oil extraction project that has been undertaken in the region for more than two decades. This book will interest students of anthropology, ethnomusicology, linguistics, verbal art, aesthetics, and cultural heritage.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1M Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands::1MK Oceania::1MKL Melanesia::1MKLP New Guinea::1MKLPN Papua New Guineaen_US
dc.subject.otherfoi
dc.subject.otherpapua new guinea
dc.subject.otherethnomusicology
dc.subject.otheranthropology
dc.subject.otherBamboo
dc.subject.otherBird
dc.subject.otherEye Eye
dc.subject.otherFasu language
dc.subject.otherIowa
dc.subject.otherKaluli people
dc.subject.otherLonghouse
dc.subject.otherSago
dc.titleSongs of the Empty Place: The Memorial Poetry of the Foi of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_574051
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.relation.isbn9781925022223
oapen.pages188
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Bamboo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo; Bird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird; Eye Eye - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_Eye; Fasu language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasu_language; Iowa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa; Kaluli people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaluli_people; Longhouse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhouse; Papua New Guinea - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea; Sago - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago
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