A Musical View of the Universe
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A Musical View of the Universe

Kalapalo Myth and Ritual Performances

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A Musical View of the Universe

Kalapalo Myth and Ritual Performances

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A Musical View of the Universe is a study of the relationships between spoken myth and musical ritual in a native Brazilian community, the Carib-speaking Kalpalo of the Upper Xingu Basin. The book focuses on the meanings created and expressed through performance of artistic processes in which sound symbols provide a unifying interpretive matrix. Through sound symbols, Kalpalo ideas about types of beings, their relationships, and activities of mind are conceived, represented, and rendered apparent.The book includes the first collection of South American Indian narratives translated directly from the original language from taped performances. Ellen B. Basso's translations take into account the interaction among participants in the storytelling situation and the qualities of narrative performance that result.

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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Year
2017
ISBN
9781512819656
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Ethnomusicology

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Tables
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Guide to Pronouncing Kalapalo Words
  7. Chapter 1. Introduction: Meaning Constructed Through Performance
  8. Chapter 2. Narrative Performances and Discourse Structures
  9. Chapter 3. Myth as an Explanatory Mode
  10. Chapter 4. Sound as Symbol: Orders of Animacy
  11. Chapter 5. The Government of Grief
  12. Chapter 6. Fantasies of Erotic Aggression
  13. Chapter 7. Saturated with Music, Submerged in Sense
  14. Appendix 1: Transcribing and Translating
  15. Appendix 2: Kwambi Songs (as sung by Kambe)
  16. Appendix 3: Songs Called “Birding” (itolotepe) (as sung by Kudyu, Ugaki, Tsarjaku)
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index
  20. Index of Myths