Tikopia songs : poetic and musical art of a Polynesian people of the Solomon Islands / Raymond Firth with Mervyn McLean
1990, 1st edition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425183
ISBN: 0521391296
Physical description; xvii, 307 pages : illustrations, map. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index. Contents; pt. I. General:. The nature of Tikopia song -- Tikopia poetic language and imagery -- Funeral and mourning as musical occasions -- Dance and song -- pt. II. Musical analysis / by Mervyn McLean. The structure of Tikopia music -- pt. III. Song texts, translations and commentary. Dance songs of everyday life -- Songs of the sea and of travel -- Eulogies and farewells -- Songs of protest and criticism -- Songs of erotic arousal and sex antagonism -- Laments and funeral dirges -- Songs on historical and mythic themes, and of ritual quality -- Epilogue. Subjects; Folk poetry, Tikopia History and criticism. Tikopia (Solomon Islands people) Social life and customs. Tikopia (Solomon Islands people) Rites and ceremonies. Folk poetry, Tikopia.
Price: €125.00