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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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An important translation of Australian Aboriginal texts,
By s.hersey@kilo.uws.edu.au (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Songs of Central Australia (Hardcover)
This is Strehlow's most widely regarded work and the culmination of his anthropological work related to the Aranda (Arunta) people of the Alice Springs region. In this work Strehlow records the patrilineal chants or songs of the Aranda people and puts them into a wider context of totemic cultural understanding. Of particular interest is Chapter 10, the love songs of the Aranda people, which pre-date European romantic conventions by several thousand years.
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This review is from: Songs of Central Australia (Hardcover)
This is one of the greatest books ever written in australia. The introduction and background is too long however the book presents 50 years of first hand research. Songs is one of the greatest anthropological books ever written. Sadly only 1000 copies were published and due to australian indigenous politics, as the book deals with the secret sacred, it will not be reprinted by the current copyright holders.We will have to live with its rareity until copyright expires around 2044 approx. The book covers all aspects of aboriginal religion, beliefs and ties together the songs, myths and drama of aboriginal ritual. ted strehlow continued the work of his father carl strehlow. Typical price for book has been $3500 ebay to $6000 retail |
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Songs of Central Australia by T. G. H. Strehlow (Hardcover - January 27, 1972)
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