About this title: "...the defining collection on contemporary verbal arts in Oceania...of real value to scholars concerned with the relationships between verbal art, social change, gender, power, and social organization." - Don Brenneis. This volume demonstrates that oral media and native cultural forms are still vital throughout the South Pacific. Contributors from anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore, literature, and history raise issues in comparative scholarship on oral tradition: what "tradition" means, extra-textual elements, and the relation between composition and performance. The contributors are ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780253328687ISBN:0253328683
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780253209580ISBN:0253209587
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780253209580ISBN:0253209587
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Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780253328687ISBN:0253328683
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780253328687ISBN:0253328683
Description: Used-Good. Publisher: Indiana University Press Date of Publication: 1995 Binding: Hard Cover Condition: Good/Very Good Jacket Description: 0253328683 hard cover slighty warped. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780253209580ISBN:0253209587
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