Gender, Song, and Sensibility: Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea
| Author(s) | Stewart, Pamela J. Strathern, Andrew |
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| Title | Gender, Song, and Sensibility: Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Language | eng |
| Location | Papua New Guinea |
| Relevance to ICH Safeguarding | documentation intangible-tangible interface awareness raising |
| ICH Genre | performing arts: music performing arts: dance oral tradition social practices |
| Keywords | music dance folktales Highlands |
| Description | Focusing on the cultures of the Highlands region in the center of PNG, the authors consider courting songs, associated dances, folk tales, and other narratives, ballads, body decoration, female spirits, and initiation. These notions are examined to present a contrast to the rather negative, stereotypic image that has often been presented and repeated about such groups. The result is a more positive view of gendered relations in these societies, taking into fuller consideration the nuanced expressiveness and ingenuity of Highlands peoples. |
| Publisher | Praeger |
| Place of Publication | Westport |
| Date of Publication | 2002 |
| ISBN | 0-275-97792-7 |
| Academic Field | anthropology ethnomusicology |
| Community/Ethnic Group | Highlands area |
| Contributor | Papua New Guinea National Cultural Commission |
| Active Contribution | Papua New Guinea, FY 2024 |
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