LEADER 03030 am 22005653u 450 001 9910141822503321 005 20230725035826.0 010 $a1-921862-20-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000409995 035 $a(EBL)4612341 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000764555 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390816 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000764555 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10775929 035 $a(PQKB)10476938 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4612341 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00043621 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00058544 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000409995 100 $a20160830d2011 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurb|#---|||u| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aSung tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands $estudies in form, meaning, and sociocultural context /$fedited by Alan Rumsey & Don Niles 210 1$aCanberra, Australia :$cANU Press,$d[2011]. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (330 pages)$cillustrations, portraits, maps, music 311 08$aPrint version: 9781921862205 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThe genres of sung tales that are the subject of this volume are one of the most striking aspects of the cultural scene in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Composed and performed by specialist bards, they are a highly valued art form. From a comparative viewpoint they are remarkable both for their scale and complexity, and for the range of variation that is found among regional genres and individual styles. Though their existence has previously been noted by researchers working in the Highlands, and some recordings made of them, most of these genres have not been studied in detail until quite recently, mainly because of the challenging range of disciplinary expertise that is required" in anthropology, linguistics, and ethnomusicology. This volume presents a set of interrelated studies by researchers in all of those fields, and by a Papua New Guinea Highlander who has assisted with the research based on his lifelong familiarity with one of the regional genres. The studies presented here (all of them previously unpublished and written especially for this volume) are of groundbreaking significance not only for specialists in Melanesia or the Pacific, but also for readers with a more general interest in comparative poetics, mythology, musicology, or verbal art. 606 $aEpic poetry 606 $aEthnomusicology$zPapua New Guinea 606 $aFolk music$zPapua New Guinea 607 $aPapua New Guinea$vSongs and music 615 0$aEpic poetry. 615 0$aEthnomusicology 615 0$aFolk music 676 $a781.629912 702 $aRumsey$b Alan 702 $aNiles$b Don 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141822503321 996 $aSung tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands$92263770 997 $aUNINA