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This is a study in oral poetic composition. It examines how oral poets compose their recitations. Specifically, it is a study of the recitations of 17 separate master poets from the Island of Rote recorded over a period of 50 years. Each of these poets offers his version of what is culturally consid...
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oapen-20.500.12657-324362022-04-26T12:25:55Z Master poets, ritual masters: The art of oral composition among the Rotenese of Eastern Indonesia J. Fox, James eastern indonesia oral poetry anthropology Delhi University Students' Union Dengka language Dialect Meno Rice Ringgou language Sacred language Termanu language bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1F Asia::1FM South East Asia::1FMN Indonesia bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DC Poetry::DCQ Poetry anthologies (various poets) bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTD Oral history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography This is a study in oral poetic composition. It examines how oral poets compose their recitations. Specifically, it is a study of the recitations of 17 separate master poets from the Island of Rote recorded over a period of 50 years. Each of these poets offers his version of what is culturally considered to be the ‘same’ ritual chant. These compositions are examined in detail and their oral formulae are carefully compared to one another. Professor James J. Fox is an anthropologist who carried out his doctoral field research on the Island of Rote in eastern Indonesia in 1965–66. In 1965, he began recording the oral traditions of the island and developed a close association with numerous oral poets on the island. After many subsequent visits, in 2006, he began a nine-year project that brought groups of oral poets to Bali for week-long recording sessions. Recitations gathered over a period of 50 years are the basis for this book. 2016-06-20 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:10:20Z 2020-04-01T14:10:20Z 2016 book 610747 OCN: 953379385 9781760460051 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32436 eng application/pdf n/a 610747.pdf http://press.anu.edu.au/publications/master-poets-ritual-masters ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_610747 10.26530/OAPEN_610747 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 9781760460051 open access |
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This is a study in oral poetic composition. It examines how oral poets compose their recitations. Specifically, it is a study of the recitations of 17 separate master poets from the Island of Rote recorded over a period of 50 years. Each of these poets offers his version of what is culturally considered to be the ‘same’ ritual chant. These compositions are examined in detail and their oral formulae are carefully compared to one another. Professor James J. Fox is an anthropologist who carried out his doctoral field research on the Island of Rote in eastern Indonesia in 1965–66. In 1965, he began recording the oral traditions of the island and developed a close association with numerous oral poets on the island. After many subsequent visits, in 2006, he began a nine-year project that brought groups of oral poets to Bali for week-long recording sessions. Recitations gathered over a period of 50 years are the basis for this book. |
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