Cry for Luck : Sacred Song and Speech among the Yurok, Hupa, and Karok Indians of Northwestern California.
The ""sobbing"" vocal quality in many traditional songs of northwestern California Indian tribes inspired the title of Richard Keeling's comprehensive study. Little has been known about the music of aboriginal Californians, and Cry for Luck will be welcomed by those who see...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2022]
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| Collection: | UC Press voices revived.
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| Accès en ligne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.13167877 |
| Résumé: | The ""sobbing"" vocal quality in many traditional songs of northwestern California Indian tribes inspired the title of Richard Keeling's comprehensive study. Little has been known about the music of aboriginal Californians, and Cry for Luck will be welcomed by those who see the interpretation of music as a key to understanding other aspects of Native American religion and culture. Among the Yurok, Hupa, and Karok peoples, medicine songs and spoken formulas wer. |
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| Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780520311206 0520311205 9780520306233 |