{"product_id":"tikopia-songs-poetic-and-musical-art-of-a-polynesian-people-of-the-solomon-islands-paperback-9780521032056","title":"Tikopia Songs; Poetic and Musical Art of a Polynesian People of the Solomon Islands (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521032056","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTikopia Songs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoetic and Musical Art of a Polynesian People of the Solomon Islands\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book shows how the poetry and music of a Polynesian people, the Tikopia, can have an intimate relation with their social life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaymond Firth (Author), Mervyn McLean (With)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521032056, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 December 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 20 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.491 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The commentary itself is very interesting...sensitive treatment of Tikopia song and culture...\"  Ellen E. Facey, The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Raymond Firth is one of the most distinguished British anthropologists, and one internationally acclaimed. His work here forms part of one of the fullest and most professional ethnographic accounts by any anthropologist of a non-industrial people, an account which extends over many years. This book is about the songs of a Western Pacific people, the Tikopia, who not so long ago lived entirely on a small remote island of the Solomons. Their songs vary from lively dance chants to mournful funeral laments. All are novel to western ears. The book provides about 100 examples, in text and translation. It also discusses the relation of the songs to the social life of the people, and it includes an analysis of the structure of their music, by Mervyn McLean, a noted musicologist.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. General: 1. The nature of Tikopia song\u003cbr\u003e 2. Tikopia poetic language and imagery\u003cbr\u003e 3. Funeral and mourning as musical occasions\u003cbr\u003e 4. Dance and song\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Musical Analysis Mervyn McLean: 5. The structure of Tikopia music\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Song Texts, Translations and Commentary: 6. Dance songs of everyday life\u003cbr\u003e 7. Songs of the sea and of travel\u003cbr\u003e 8. Eulogies and farewells\u003cbr\u003e 9. Songs of protest and criticism\u003cbr\u003e 10. Songs of erotic arousal and sex antagonism\u003cbr\u003e 11. Laments and funeral dirges\u003cbr\u003e 12. Songs on historical and mythic themes, and of ritual quality\u003cbr\u003e 13. Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006058746136,"sku":"9780521032056","price":50.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521032056i_c16f4e6a-4858-4911-b7dd-6aa3790d2674.jpg?v=1694964989","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tikopia-songs-poetic-and-musical-art-of-a-polynesian-people-of-the-solomon-islands-paperback-9780521032056","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}