Singing Saltwater Country : Journey to the Songlines of Carpentaria
John. Bradley
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Sydney : : Allen & Unwin, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (443 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF MAPS; MAP OF YANYUWA COUNTRY; HOW THIS BOOK CAME TO BE; NOTES ABOUT THE TEXT; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. 'THAT MEAT-HE'S GOT A SONG'; 2. 'YOU HAVE TO LEARN HIM, YOU BELONG TO MAMBALIYA'; 3. 'NOT LIKE THE BREAD OF WHITE MEN'; 4. KNOWING WHAT OLD PEOPLE KNEW; 5. CHASING AFTER THE DINGO; 6. TANGLED UP IN THE LAW; 7. BROKEN SONGS; 8. 'IT MAKES THE COUNTRY TREMBLE'; 9. PUTTING IT DOWN; AFTERWORD; APPENDIX: A SAMPLE OF A FULL-LENGTH KUJIKA; GLOSSARY; FURTHER READING. - John Bradley's compelling account of three decades living with the Yanyuwa people of the Gulf of Carpentaria and of how the elders revealed to him the ancient songlines of their Dreaming At the age of 20 John Bradley was posted to Borroloola Primary School in the fragile wetlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria in far north Australia. There began a journey over three decades which has taken him into the heart of the Dreaming of the Yanyuwa people. Slowly and patiently, the Yanyuwa elders educated young John Bradley in the songs of their ancestors.
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| Dewey | 305.00 . - 306.099429
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| ISBN | 9781742372419
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