
A Musical View of the Universe
Kalapalo Myth and Ritual Performances
Ellen B. Basso(Author)
University of Pennsylvania Press
1st Edition
Published on 29. April 1985
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-8122-7931-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
694 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8122-7931-3 (9780812279313)
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Ellen B. Basso is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.