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Dried Millet Breaking Woi Epic of the Kpelle

Autor Ruth M. Stone
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 oct 1988
"Dried millet breaking," sung by the bard at the end of one episode of this Woi epic of the Kpelle people of Liberia, represents a formula that breaks the flow of events and introduces the epic's complex temporal scaffolding. Examining the singing, narration, dramatic performance, instrumental accompaniment, and timing of the Woi epic, Ruth M. Stone reveals that the Kpelle show time flux through changing timbres, motion, and spatial metaphors in ways fundamentally different from those of much Western art music. In this illuminating study Stone moves beyond typical genre studies of African music to shed light on broader questions of music's relationship to areas of culture often ignored.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253318183
ISBN-10: 0253318181
Pagini: 170
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Preface
Acknowledgments
Music Transcription Symbols and Kpelle Orthography
Chapter 1 Battles That Never End
Chapter 2 The Woi Epic
Chapter 3 Dried Millet Breaking
Chapter 4 Exchanges That Keep the Epic Going
Chapter 5 The Textured Moment in Epic
Chapter 6 The Person in Epic
Chapter 7 The Epic in Local Life
Chapter 8 Our Old People, Their Old People: The Epic and the Past
Chapter 9 Epic and Time in Perspective
Glossary of Kpelle Terms and Names
References Cited
Index

Recenzii

"Dried Millet Breaking is a commendable piece of work that should be of interest to a range of scholars in anthropology and other disciplines." - American Anthropologist "Among its many virtues, this book contains excellent examples of the special qualities of African perceptions of both the temporal and spiritual worlds." - International Journal of African Historical Studies
" . . . a sound anthropological inquiry . . . a work that reveals alternative ways than our own of comprehending and expressing the meaning of time." - Time's News
"Professor Stone's intelligent and provocative discussions of time, language, history, and African literary traditions will prove important to a broader understanding of music's role in oral literature. . . . a major contribution to the field of ethnomusicology." - Lester P. Monts

"Dried Millet Breaking is a commendable piece of work that should be of interest to a range of scholars in anthropology and other disciplines." - American Anthropologist "Among its many virtues, this book contains excellent examples of the special qualities of African perceptions of both the temporal and spiritual worlds." - International Journal of African Historical Studies " ... a sound anthropological inquiry ... a work that reveals alternative ways than our own of comprehending and expressing the meaning of time." - Time's News "Professor Stone's intelligent and provocative discussions of time, language, history, and African literary traditions will prove important to a broader understanding of music's role in oral literature... a major contribution to the field of ethnomusicology." - Lester P. Monts

Notă biografică

Ruth M. Stone