Cry for Luck: Sacred Song and Speech Among the Yurok, Hupa and Karok Indians of Northwestern California Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Cry for Luck: Sacred Song and Speech Among the Yurok, Hupa and Karok Indians of Northwestern California Book

The "sobbing" vocal quality in many traditional songs of northwestern California Indian tribes inspired the title of Richard Keeling's comprehensive study. Little has been known about the music of aboriginal Californians, and Cry for Luck will be welcomed by those who see the interpretation of music as a key to understanding other aspects of Native American religion and culture. Among the Yurok, Hupa, and Karok peoples, medicine songs and spoken formulas were applied to a range of activities from hunting deer to curing an upset stomach or gaining power over an uninterested member of the opposite sex. Keeling inventories 216 specific forms of "medicine" and explains the cosmological beliefs on which they were founded. This music is a living tradition, and many of the public dances he describes are still performed today. Keeling's comparative, historical perspective shows how individual elements in the musical tradition can relate to the development of local cultures and the broader sphere of North American prehistory.Read More

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  • 0520075609
  • 9780520075603
  • Richard Keeling
  • 3 February 1993
  • University of California Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 325
  • illustrated edition
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