Series: Publications of the American Folk Society. vii 264p magenta paperback, name to endpaper and slight crease to back corner, otherwise very good, first edition Language: English.

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Title

Sound and Sentiment. Birds, Weeping, Poetics and Song in Kaluli Expression.

Publisher

Pennsylvania University Press

Publication Date

1982

Language

English

ISBN 10

0812211243

ISBN 13

9780812211245

Binding

Paperback

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

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Poetry

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Now in its second edition, Sound and Sentiment is an ethnographic study of sound as a cultural system--that is, a system of symbols--among the Kaluli people of Papua New Guinea. It shows how an analysis of modes and codes of sound communication leads to an understanding of life in Kaluli society. By studying the form and performance of weeping, poetics, and song in relation to the Kaluli natural and spiritual world, Steven Feld reveals Kaluli sound expressions as embodiments of deeply felt sentiments.For this second edition the author has updated his original work with a new, innovative chapter that includes an interpretive review by its subjects, the Kaluli people themselves. He has also written a new preface and discography and revised the references section.

Review

"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 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 original, insightful, informative, and intellectually exciting book deserves a wide audience."--Anthropological Linguistics "A landmark in first presenting in detail the idea of an ethnography of sound."--American Ethnologist "This work is a unique, moving, valuable synthesis... Readable, original, complete."--Choice

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