| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Paul Zolbrod -- pt. 1. Ant Songs. Ch. 1. Background: Working on the Texts, The History of Salt River, and Pima Mythology. Ch. 2. Texts. Ch. 3. Myth and Sing: Principles of the Art. Ch. 4. Sing Interpreted -- pt. 2. Oriole Songs. Ch. 5. Oriole Lessons. Ch. 6. Sing Quietly. Ch. 7. Sing Loudly. Ch. 8. Conclusion: On Criticism. App. Three Papago Airplane Songs and the Dreaming of Ancientness. |
| Summary |
During Pima social dances, men and women join hands and stomp throughout the night to the rhythm of Ant songs and Oriole songs performed by specialized singers. While these songs provide the substance of Native American poetry, until now no one has asked how these songs - and others - form a Native American poetic tradition, nor has anyone asked what makes some of these poems good. Donald Bahr spent more than twenty years working with Pima singers in southern Arizona investigating these questions. Ants and Orioles presents translations of two singers' performances, "beautiful, provocative, condensed, disciplined tellings of things" learned from spirit-persons in dreams. A subtle yet bold endeavor, Ants and Orioles will appeal to anyone interested in poetry or modes of textuality in other world cultures. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pima poetry.
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Pima poetry. |
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Tohono O'odham poetry.
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Tohono O'odham poetry. |
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Pima poetry -- Translations into English.
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Tohono O'odham poetry -- Translations into English.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Translations.
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| Added Author |
Paul, Lloyd, 1919-
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Joseph, Vincent.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bahr, Donald M. Ants and Orioles. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1997 087480549X (DLC) 97029657 (OCoLC)37353841 |
| ISBN |
0585129541 (electronic book) |
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9780585129549 (electronic book) |
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087480549X |
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9780874805499 |
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