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Songs of the Empty Place: The Memorial Poetry of the Foi of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea

James Weiner F., Don Niles

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188 Pages
English
PDF

Publisher
Year
2015
ISBN-13
9781925022223

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About This Book

For 31 months between 1979 and 1995, James F. Weiner conducted anthropological research amongst the Foi people in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. This book contains the transcriptions, translations, and descriptions of the songs he recorded. The texts of women’s sago songs (obedobor... (see more details)

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