Melodies of Mourning: Music and Emotion in Northern Australia

by Fiona Magowan

Book Overview

Presents an ethnographical account of the way that song, dance and musical sensitivity weave into the lives of an aboriginal community of Australia.

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.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0852559925
• ISBN13: 9780852559925
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 6.1"