Ants and Orioles : showing the art of Pima poetry /
Bahr, Donald M.
Ants and Orioles : showing the art of Pima poetry / Donald Bahr, Lloyd Paul, Vincent Joseph. - Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1997. - 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.
Foreword / Ant Songs. Background: Working on the Texts, The History of Salt River, and Pima Mythology. The Texts. Myth and Sing: Principles of the Art. The Sing Interpreted -- Oriole Songs. Oriole Lessons. The Sing Quietly. The Sing Loudly. Conclusion: On Criticism. Three Papago Airplane Songs and the Dreaming of Ancientness. Paul Zolbrod -- pt. 1. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. pt. 2. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. App.
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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.
Electronic reproduction.
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HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
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
English.
0585129541 (electronic bk.) 9780585129549 (electronic bk.)
Pima poetry.
Tohono O'odham poetry.
Pima poetry--Translations into English.
Tohono O'odham poetry--Translations into English.
Poésie pima.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Native American.
Pima poetry.
Tohono O'odham poetry.
Papago-Pima.
Liederen.
Languages & Literatures.
Native American & Hyperborean Languages.
Papago (Indiens)--Folklore.--États-Unis--Arizona (États-Unis)
Pima (Indiens)--Folklore.
Tradition orale--États-Unis--Arizona (États-Unis)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Translations.
PM2174.A2 / B34 1997eb
897/.45
Ants and Orioles : showing the art of Pima poetry / Donald Bahr, Lloyd Paul, Vincent Joseph. - Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1997. - 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.
Foreword / Ant Songs. Background: Working on the Texts, The History of Salt River, and Pima Mythology. The Texts. Myth and Sing: Principles of the Art. The Sing Interpreted -- Oriole Songs. Oriole Lessons. The Sing Quietly. The Sing Loudly. Conclusion: On Criticism. Three Papago Airplane Songs and the Dreaming of Ancientness. Paul Zolbrod -- pt. 1. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. pt. 2. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. App.
Use copy
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.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
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
English.
0585129541 (electronic bk.) 9780585129549 (electronic bk.)
Pima poetry.
Tohono O'odham poetry.
Pima poetry--Translations into English.
Tohono O'odham poetry--Translations into English.
Poésie pima.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Native American.
Pima poetry.
Tohono O'odham poetry.
Papago-Pima.
Liederen.
Languages & Literatures.
Native American & Hyperborean Languages.
Papago (Indiens)--Folklore.--États-Unis--Arizona (États-Unis)
Pima (Indiens)--Folklore.
Tradition orale--États-Unis--Arizona (États-Unis)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Translations.
PM2174.A2 / B34 1997eb
897/.45