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Haida Songs - Softcover

Swanton, John Reed

 
9781397669766: Haida Songs
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1397669764 ISBN 13: 9781397669766
Verlag: Left of Brain Books, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Collected on the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia, this volume preserves the poetic voice of the Haida people through their traditional songs. Recorded by ethnologist John Reed Swanton in the early twentieth century, the collection captures the cultural depth of a society rich in ceremony, mythology, and social structure.

Each song reveals aspects of Haida life-from class hierarchy and spiritual beliefs to the roles and reverence accorded to women-offering a rare linguistic and anthropological record. Presented with full interlinear Haida text, these verses stand as both artistic expression and historical document.

Haida Songs provides an enduring testament to the spiritual and cultural vitality of one of the Pacific Northwest's most distinctive Indigenous communities.

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Verlag
Left of Brain Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1397669764
ISBN 13 
9781397669766
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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