Singing Of Birth And Death: Texts In Performance
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Stuart H. Blackburn
Binding: Hardback
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Sun-faded spine.
This scholarly work presents a compelling analysis of how fundamental human experiences, particularly birth and death, are articulated and understood through various cultural performances. Stuart H. Blackburn meticulously uncovers the intricate relationship between oral traditions, ritualistic practices, and the texts that shape them across diverse societies. The author illustrates how these performances serve not merely as entertainment but as vital mechanisms for transmitting cultural knowledge, reinforcing social structures, and processing profound existential themes. Readers will find an insightful examination of the power of narrative and song to embody and interpret the most significant transitions in human life. Singing Of Birth And Death: Texts In Performance offers a rigorous academic perspective on the enduring human need to ritualize and express the cycles of existence.
Author: Stuart H. Blackburn
Binding: Hardback
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Sun-faded spine.
This scholarly work presents a compelling analysis of how fundamental human experiences, particularly birth and death, are articulated and understood through various cultural performances. Stuart H. Blackburn meticulously uncovers the intricate relationship between oral traditions, ritualistic practices, and the texts that shape them across diverse societies. The author illustrates how these performances serve not merely as entertainment but as vital mechanisms for transmitting cultural knowledge, reinforcing social structures, and processing profound existential themes. Readers will find an insightful examination of the power of narrative and song to embody and interpret the most significant transitions in human life. Singing Of Birth And Death: Texts In Performance offers a rigorous academic perspective on the enduring human need to ritualize and express the cycles of existence.