Sound and Sentiment
Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression, 3rd edition with a new introduction by the author
1st Edition
Published on 2. October 2012
344 pages
978-0-8223-9589-8 (ISBN)
Description
A new, thirtieth-anniversary edition of the landmark ethnography that introduced the anthropology, or the cultural study, of sound.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
27 illustrations (incl. 2 in color), 5 tables, 1 map
27 illustrations (incl. 2 in color), 5 tables, 1 map
File size
19,01 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-9589-8 (9780822395898)
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Steven Feld
Sound and Sentiment
Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression, 3rd Edition with a New Introduction by the Author
Book
10/2012
3rd Edition
Duke University Press
€29.00
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Person
Steven Feld is a musician, filmmaker, and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Music at the University of New Mexico. His books include Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra: Five Musical Years in Ghana, also published by Duke University Press. He is a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Content
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction to the Third Edition xiii
Introduction to the Second Edition xxxix
Introduction to the First Edition 3
1. The Boy Who Became a Muni Bird 20
2. To You They Are Birds, to Me They Are Voices in the Forest 44
3. Weeping That Moves Women to Song 86
4. The Poetics of Loss and Abandonment 130
5. Song That Moves Men to Tears 163
6. In the Form of a Bird: Kaluli Aesthetics 217
Postscript, 1989 239
Appendix: Kaluli Folk Ornithology 269
Glossary of Kaluli Terms 279
References 284
Discography 292
Index 293
Additional Resources 299
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction to the Third Edition xiii
Introduction to the Second Edition xxxix
Introduction to the First Edition 3
1. The Boy Who Became a Muni Bird 20
2. To You They Are Birds, to Me They Are Voices in the Forest 44
3. Weeping That Moves Women to Song 86
4. The Poetics of Loss and Abandonment 130
5. Song That Moves Men to Tears 163
6. In the Form of a Bird: Kaluli Aesthetics 217
Postscript, 1989 239
Appendix: Kaluli Folk Ornithology 269
Glossary of Kaluli Terms 279
References 284
Discography 292
Index 293
Additional Resources 299
