A Musical View of the Universe: Kalapalo Myth and Ritual Performances

Ellen B. Basso

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1985

A Musical View of the Universe

Kalapalo Myth and Ritual Performances

Ellen B. Basso

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series Conduct and Communication

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512819656

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About this book

A Musical View of the Universe is a study of the relationships between spoken myth and musical ritual in a native Brazilian community, the Carib-speaking Kalpalo of the Upper Xingu Basin. The book focuses on the meanings created and expressed through performance of artistic processes in which sound symbols provide a unifying interpretive matrix. Through sound symbols, Kalpalo ideas about types of beings, their relationships, and activities of mind are conceived, represented, and rendered apparent. The book includes the first collection of South American Indian narratives translated directly from the original language from taped performances. Ellen B. Basso's translations take into account the interaction among participants in the storytelling situation and the qualities of narrative performance that result.

Author / Editor information

Basso Ellen B. :

Ellen B. Basso is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Guide to Pronouncing Kalapalo Words Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XV
Chapter 1. Introduction: Meaning Constructed Through Performance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. Narrative Performances and Discourse Structures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter 3. Myth as an Explanatory Mode Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter 4. Sound as Symbol: Orders of Animacy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter 5. The Government of Grief Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Chapter 6. Fantasies of Erotic Aggression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Chapter 7. Saturated with Music, Submerged in Sense Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Appendix 1: Transcribing and Translating Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Appendix 2: Kwambi Songs (as sung by Kambe) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Appendix 3: Songs Called “Birding” (itolotepe) (as sung by Kudyu, Ugaki, Tsarjaku) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Index of Myths Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 368
Keywords: Anthropology; Folklore; Linguistics

eBook

Published: November 15, 2017
ISBN: 9781512819656