Browse
The Gift of Song : Performing Exchange in Western Arnhem Land

The Gift of Song : Performing Exchange in Western Arnhem Land

by Taylor & Francis Ltd

£45.99
MPN9781032106502
Prices updated 27 Jun 2026

Compare 1 Retailer

Prices checked 22h ago
TGJones logo

TGJones

BEST PRICE
In stock2 - 4 working days
3 deals available
£45.99
Best Price

Amazon

Check live price on Amazon.co.uk

eBay

Check availability and price on eBay.co.uk. Yorkshire.com may be paid for purchases made through this link, by eBay Partner Network.

Check on eBay

Can’t find it elsewhere?

Product Description

The Gift of Song: Performing Exchange in Western Arnhem Land tells the story of the return of physical and digital cultural materials through song and dance.Drawing on extensive, first-person ethnographic fieldwork in western Arnhem Land, Australia, Brown examines how Bininj/Arrarrkpi (Aboriginal people of this region) enact change and innovate their performance practices through ceremonial exchange.As Indigenous communities worldwide confront new social and environmental challenges, this book addresses the questions: How do Indigenous communities come to terms with legacies of taking and collecting?How are cultural materials in digital formats received and ritualised?How do traditional forms of exchange continue to mediate relationships?Combining ethnomusicological analysis and linguistically and historically informed ethnography, this book reveals how multilingualism and musical diversity are maintained through kun-borrk/manyardi, a major genre of Indigenous Australian song and dance.It retheorises the core anthropological concept of ‘exchange’ and enriches understanding of repatriation as a process of re-embedding tangible objects through intangible practices of ceremony and language.

More products from TGJones

Browse their full range on Yorkshire.com

From£45.99TGJones
Buy Now