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

by James F. Weiner and Don Niles

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 (obedobora), men's ceremonial songs (sorohabora), and women's sorohabora are included. Men turn the prosaic content of women s sago songs into their own sorohabora...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1925022226
• ISBN13: 9781925022223
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.8"