Steep slopes: music and change in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

"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 hav...

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Main Author: Gillespie, Kirsty (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Series:Monographs in Anthropology
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Online Access:Volltext
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource text files, pdf files, and audio files
ISBN:1921666439
9781921666438

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