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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137045103321

Autore

Fox James J.

Titolo

Master poets, ritual masters : the art of oral composition among the Rotenese of Eastern Indonesia / / James J. Fox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2016

Acton ACT, Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9781760460068 (ebook)

9781760460051 (paperback)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

398.2

Soggetti

Oral-formulaic analysis

Oral tradition - Indonesia - Rote Ndao

Folk poetry, Indonesian - Indonesia - Rote Ndao

Rote Ndao (Indonesia) Poetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a study in oral poetic composition. It examines how oral poets compose their recitations. Specifically, it is a study of the recitations of 17 separate master poets from the Island of Rote recorded over a period of 50 years. Each of these poets offers his version of what is culturally considered to be the ‘same’ ritual chant. These compositions are examined in detail and their oral formulae are carefully compared to one another. Professor James J. Fox is an anthropologist who carried out his doctoral field research on the Island of Rote in eastern Indonesia in 1965–66. In 1965, he began recording the oral traditions of the island and developed a close association with numerous oral poets on the island. After many subsequent visits, in 2006, he began a nine-year project that brought groups of oral poets to Bali for week-long recording sessions. Recitations gathered over a period of 50 years are the basis for this book..