Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression (Conduct and Communication) Second Edition

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Editorial Reviews

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"A milestone in ethnomusicology that has implications for research on all types of music."—Popular Music



"An undisputable success and a masterpiece. . . . Feld's 'ethnography of sound' is a major contribution to our understanding."—Language in Society



"This work is a unique, moving, valuable synthesis. . . . Readable, original, complete."—Choice



"A major theoretical contribution to ethnomusicology. . . . Steven Feld has accomplished what is all too rare yet fundamentally needed, . . . a compelling account of how music and culture are inextricably wedded."—Ethnomusicology



"A landmark in first presenting in detail the idea of an ethnography of sound."—American Ethnologist



"This original, insightful, informative, and intellectually exciting book deserves a wide audience."—Anthropological Linguistics

About the Author

Steven Feld, a MacArthur Fellowship recpient, is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Music at the University of New Mexico. He is coauthor, with Charles Keil, of Music Grooves: Essays and Dialogues and, with Bambi B. Schieffelin, of Bosavi-English-Tok Pisin Dictionary. With Keith H. Basso he edited Senses of Place.
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  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press; Second edition (January 29, 1990)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 312 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0812212991
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0812212990
  • Item Weight : 1.03 pounds
  • Dimensions : 5.98 x 0.7 x 9.02 inches
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