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Wearing the Morning Star: Native American Song-Poems
Swann
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Description for Wearing the Morning Star: Native American Song-Poems
Paperback. Features a collection of more than one hundred Native American songs that celebrate the rich and vibrant oral traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Some songs included in this work have familiar themes, while others illuminate the complexities and differences of the Native cultures. Editor(s): Swann, Brian. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 11. Weight in Grams: 231.
With Wearing the Morning Star, Brian Swann presents a collection of more than one hundred Native American songs that celebrate the rich and vibrant oral traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America. These are songs of the earth and the sky, songs of mourning and of love, parts of ceremonies and rites and rituals. Some have familiar themes; others illuminate the complexities and differences of the Native cultures. The collection includes songs of derision and threat, ribald songs, hunting chants, and a song sung by an Inuit about the first airplane he ever saw. Swann has provided an authoritative introduction ... Read more
With Wearing the Morning Star, Brian Swann presents a collection of more than one hundred Native American songs that celebrate the rich and vibrant oral traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America. These are songs of the earth and the sky, songs of mourning and of love, parts of ceremonies and rites and rituals. Some have familiar themes; others illuminate the complexities and differences of the Native cultures. The collection includes songs of derision and threat, ribald songs, hunting chants, and a song sung by an Inuit about the first airplane he ever saw. Swann has provided an authoritative introduction ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803293403
SKU
V9780803293403
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Ref
99-1
About Swann
Brian Swann is on the faculty of humanities and social sciences at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He recently edited Voices from Four Directions: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America and Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America, both available from the University of Nebraska Press.
Reviews for Wearing the Morning Star: Native American Song-Poems
“Swann has put together a collection of Native songs that were nearly lost. . . . There is a great range and variety here, and a common ground: open forms, organic rhythms, and a tendency to incantation and rich imagery. The matter is of the land and living, of links with the past and hopes for the future. Swann’s volume ... Read more