Burst of Breath : Indigenous Ritual Wind Instruments in Lowland South America.

Burst of Breath : Indigenous Ritual Wind Instruments in Lowland South America.

"The first in-depth, comparative, and interdisciplinary study of Indigenous Amazonian musical cultures, Burst of Breath showcases new research on the dynamic range of ritual power and social significance of various wind instruments-including flutes, trumpets, clarinets, and whistles-played in s...

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Other Authors: Hill, Jonathan David, 1954- (Editor), Chaumeil, Jean-Pierre (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska Paperback, 2011.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Music > History and criticism.
Wind instruments > South America.
Indians of South America > Rites and ceremonies.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Woodwinds.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Indians of South America > Music
Indians of South America > Rites and ceremonies
Wind instruments
South America
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Overture; First Movement: Natural Sounds, Wind Instruments, and Social Communication; 1. Speaking Tubes: The Sonorous Language of Yagua Flutes; 2. Leonardo, the Flute: On the Sexual Life of Sacred Flutes among the Xinguano Indians; 3. Soundscaping the World: The Cultural Poetics of Power and Meaning in Wakuénai Flute Music; 4. Hearing without Seeing: Sacred Flutes as the Medium for an Avowed Secret in Curripaco Masculine Ritual; 5. Flutes in the Warime: Musical Voices in the Piaroa World.
  • 6. Desire in Music: Soul-Speaking and the Power of SecrecySecond Movement: Musical Transpositions of Social Relations; 7. Archetypal Agents of Affinity: "Sacred" Musical Instruments in the Guianas?; 8. From Flutes to Boom Boxes: Musical Symbolism and Change among the Waiwai of Southern Guyana; 9. From Musical Poetics to Deep Language: The Ritual of the Wauja Sacred Flutes; 10. The Ritual of Iamurikuma and the Kawoká Flutes; 11. Spirits, Ritual Staging, and the Transformative Power of Music in the Upper Xingu Region.
  • 12. An "Inca" Instrument at a "Nawa" Feast: Marubo Flutes and Alterity in Amazonian Context13. Arawakan Flute Cults of Lowland South America: The Domestication of Predation and the Production of Agentivity; Coda: Historical and Comparative Perspectives; 14. Sacred Musical Instruments in Museums: Are They Sacred?; 15. Mystery Instruments; Contributors; Index.

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