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Social Science Native American Studies

Power and performance in Gros Ventre war expedition songs

by (author) Orin T. Hatton

Publisher
Canadian Museum of History
Initial publish date
Jan 1990
Category
Native American Studies, Ethnomusicology
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    ISBN
    9781772822786
    Publish Date
    Jan 1990
    List Price
    $7.99

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This study provides a cultural analysis of power and performance in Gros Ventre war expedition songs. Symbolic content of Gros Ventre myth and ritual is elicited as a tool for analyzing particular social relationships that motivate war expeditions as action and value. Mythological and musical analysis combine in an investigation of structural and performance devices that frame song as a system of communication.

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