Made-from-bone : trickster myths, music, and history from the Amazon, Jonathan D. Hill

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Made-from-bone : trickster myths, music, and history from the Amazon, Jonathan D. Hill

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trickster myths, music, and history from the Amazon

Statement of responsibility

Jonathan D. Hill

Instantiates

• Made-from-bone : trickster myths, music, and history from the Amazon

Publication

• Urbana, University of Illinois Press, ©2009
• Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 2009

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

• List of Illustrations
• Preface.
• Introducing Made-from-Bone, the Trickster-Creator
• 1.
• Arawakan Wakuenai of Venezuela.
• p. 1
• Pt. 1.
• Words from the Primordial Times
• 2.
• Narratives from the Primordial Times.
• p. 25
• Cricket-Brothers; or, The Origin of Made-from-Bone.
• p. 25
• Origin of Death.
• p. 29
• Owl-Monkey; or, Made-from-Bone Tries to End Poisoning.
• p. 31
• Made-from-Bone and Anaconda-Person.
• p. 33
• Origin of the Bat-People.
• p. 37
• Origin of Cooking with Hot Peppers.
• p. 38
• Origin of the Vulture-People.
• p. 42
• Great Sickness; or, The Origin of Malaria.
• p. 48
• Made-from-Bone Creates Evil Omens.
• p. 53
• 3.
• Ethnohistorical Interlude: Historical Themes in the Myth of Made-from-Bone and Anaconda-Person.
• p. 57
• Pt. 2.
• World Begins
• 4.
• Narratives from "The World Begins".
• p. 75
• Grandfather Sleep; or, The Origin of Night.
• p. 75
• Origin of Fire.
• p. 80
• Origin of Working in Manioc Gardens.
• p. 82
• Origin of Ceremonial Music.
• p. 83
• Origin of Bocachico-Fish Dances.
• p. 85
• Pipirri; or, The Origin of Peach-Palm Fruits.
• p. 87
• 5.
• Ethnomusicological Interlude: The Catfish Trumpet Festival of 1981, or How to Ask for a Drink in Curripaco.
• p. 92
• Pt. 3.
• World Opens Up
• 6.
• Narratives from "The World Opens Up".
• p. 117
• Kuwai, the Powerful Sound that Opened Up the World.
• p. 117
• Struggle between Made-from-Bone and First-Woman.
• p. 127
• Origin of Hallucinogenic Snuff and Shamanic Healing.
• p. 134
• Origin of Honey for Curing.
• p. 136
• Origin of Witchcraft and Its Treatment.
• p. 138
• Origin of Enchanted Spirits and the City of Gold.
• p. 142
• 7.
• Ethnological Coda: Shamanizing the State in Venezuela.
• p. 147
• App. A.
• Note on Translation Methods.
• p. 157
• App. B.
• AILLA Numbers for Narratives, Music, Dances, and Illustrations.
• p. 160
• Glossary.
• p. 171
• References Cited.
• p. 177
• Index.
• p. 185

Control code

0716718547

Dimensions

24 cm.

Extent

xxii, 195 p.

Isbn

9780252033735

Lccn

2008021798

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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ill., maps

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b2216477