Gender, Song, and Sensibility: Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea

Author(s)
Stewart, Pamela J. Strathern, Andrew
Title
Gender, Song, and Sensibility: Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea
Publication Type
Book
Language
eng
Location
Papua New Guinea
Keywords
music dance folktales Highlands
Relevance to ICH Safeguarding
documentation intangible-tangible interface awareness raising
ICH Genre
performing arts: music performing arts: dance oral tradition social practices
Description
Focusing on the cultures of the Highlands region in the center of PNG, the authors consider courting songs, associated dances, folk tales, and other narratives, ballads, body decoration, female spirits, and initiation. These notions are examined to present a contrast to the rather negative, stereotypic image that has often been presented and repeated about such groups. The result is a more positive view of gendered relations in these societies, taking into fuller consideration the nuanced expressiveness and ingenuity of Highlands peoples.
Publisher
Praeger
Place of Publication
Westport
Date of Publication
2002
ISBN
0-275-97792-7
Academic Field
anthropology ethnomusicology
Community/Ethnic Group
Highlands area
Contributor
Papua New Guinea National Cultural Commission
Active Contribution
Papua New Guinea, FY 2024
Data Collection Project