Sung Tales From the Papua New Guinea Highlands: Studies in Form, Meaning, and Sociocultural Context

Preliminary......Page 2
Dedication......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
List of online items......Page 16
1. Introducing Highlands Sung Tales. Don Niles and Alan Rumsey......Page 18
2. Yuna Pikono. Kenny Yuwi Kendoli......Page 56
3. Music and Language in Duna Pikono. Kirsty Gillespie and Lila San Roque......Page 66
4. Parallelism in Duna Pikono. Michael Sollis......Page 82
5. Sung Tales in Héla Húli. Gabe C. J. Lomas......Page 92
6. An Ethnomusicological Discussion of Bì Té, the Chanted Tales of the Huli. Jacqueline Pugh-Kitingan......Page 126
7. Enga Tindi Pii: The Real World and Creative Imagination. Philip Gibbs......Page 168
8. Parallelism and Poetics in Tindi Narratives Sung in the Ipili Language. Terrance Borchard and Philip Gibbs......Page 182
9. The Structure of Chanted Ipili Tindi. Frances Ingemann......Page 214
10. Skywalkers and Cannibals: Chanted Tales among the Angal. Hans Reithofer......Page 224
11. Style, Plot, and Character in Tom Yaya Tales from Ku Waru. Alan Rumsey......Page 264
12. Metric Melodies and the Performance of Sung Tales in the Hagen Area. Don Niles......Page 292
13. Bamboo Knives, Bows, and Waterfalls: The Presentation of“Traditional Knowledge” in Melpa Kang Rom, Duna Pikono, and theWorks of Hesiod and Virgil. Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart......Page 320
Index......Page 334