
Singing Bones
Ancestral Creativity and Collaboration
Samuel Curkpatrick(Author)
Sydney University Press
Published on 2. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-74332-677-0 (ISBN)
Description
Manikay are the ancestral songs of Arnhem Land, passed down over generations and containing vital cultural knowledge.Singing Bones foregrounds the voices of manikay singers from Ngukurr in southeastern Arnhem Land, and charts their critically acclaimed collaboration with jazz musicians from the Australian Art Orchestra, Crossing Roper Bar. It offers an overview of Wägilak manikay narratives and style, including their social, ceremonial and linguistic aspects, and explores the Crossing Roper Bar project as an example of creative intercultural collaboration and a continuation of the manikay tradition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74332-677-0 (9781743326770)
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