This collection of essays, edited by leading scholars in the field, focuses on how expressive genres such as music, dance and poetry are of enduring significance to social organization. Research from New Guinea, Indonesia and Taiwan is used to assess how historical changes modify these forms of expression to adjust to the social and political needs of the moment. The volume is unique in exploring the significance of expressive genres for the social processes of coping with and adjusting to change, either from outside forces or from internal ones. The contributions detail first-hand fieldwork, often conducted over a period of many years, and with each contributor bringing their experience to bear on both the aesthetic and the analytical aspects of their materials. Comparative in scope, the volume covers Austronesian and non-Austronesian speakers in the wider Indo-Pacific region.
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Dr Pamela J. Stewart and Professor Andrew Strathern are collaborators who are based in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and they are, respectively, Visiting Research Fellow and Visiting Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Durham, England. They have been Visiting Research Fellows at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan during 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. They have published many books and articles on their research in the Pacific, Asia, and Europe.
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The term 'expressive genres' refers to a range of processes in which human creativity is at work, dealing with issues in social life and producing domains of aesthetically appealing communication between people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Papua New Guinea, Andrew Strathern, Mount Hagen, Cambridge University Press, New York, Central Kalimantan, Aluni Valley, Institute of Ethnology, Payame Ima, Taiyanda Sayape, University of California Press, Palangka Raya, Ranying Hatalla, Alan Rumsey, Australian National University, Deta Raya, Start Line, West Sumba, Andrew Strathem, Lila San Roque, Mukl Miti, Miti Weipa, Nicole Haley, Pluto Press, Smithsonian Institution Press New!
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The term 'expressive genres' refers to a range of processes in which human creativity is at work, dealing with issues in social life and producing domains of aesthetically appealing communication between people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Papua New Guinea, Andrew Strathern, Mount Hagen, Cambridge University Press, New York, Central Kalimantan, Aluni Valley, Institute of Ethnology, Payame Ima, Taiyanda Sayape, University of California Press, Palangka Raya, Ranying Hatalla, Alan Rumsey, Australian National University, Deta Raya, Start Line, West Sumba, Andrew Strathem, Lila San Roque, Mukl Miti, Miti Weipa, Nicole Haley, Pluto Press, Smithsonian Institution Press New!
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- Gender, Song, and Sensibility: Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea by Pamela J. Stewart on 4 pages
- Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition, and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History by Andrew Strathern on page 32, page 80, and page 225
- Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski on page 30, and page 103
- The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers by Edward L. Schieffelin on page 30, and page 168
- Music in Everyday Life by Tia DeNora on page 29, and page 126
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