Full Description
Invites the reader to rethink the place of ecology in music and emotion, and how emotions transcend cultural difference. It shows how sounds and the senses shape feelings for the land and seascape, exploring these themes in relation to Yolngu of north east Arnhem Land in Northern Australia.This rich ethnographic study makes a distinctive contribution to the tradition of anthropological analysis which focuses on the located nature of human sensual experience. FIONA MAGOWAN is a lecturer in Anthropology at Queen's University, BelfastSeries editors: Wendy James and N. J. AllenAustralia: University of Western Australia Press
Contents
Introduction; Song, sense & sentiment; Changing cultural rhythms; Ecologies of song; Performing emotions; Seeing in sound; Embodying ancestors; Crying for Jesus; Unifying religious experiences; Senses of empathy; Notes on orthography; Glossary; Appendix; References.
