Songs of the Empty Place: The Memorial Poetry of the Foi of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
- Description:
- For 31 months between 1979 and 1995, James F. Weiner conducted anthropological research amongst the Foi people in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. This book contains the transcriptions, translations, and descriptions of the songs he recorded. The texts of women’s sago songs (obedobora), men’s ceremonial songs (sorohabora), and women’s sorohabora are included. Men turn the prosaic content of womenís sago songs into their own sorohabora songs, which are performed the night following large-scale inter-community pig kills, called d...
- Display date:
- 2016
- Location:
- Papua New Guinea
- Format:
- book
- Collections:
- Australian National University Library
- Publisher:
- ANU Press
- Content partner:
- Australian National University Library
- Availability:
- Not specified
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