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Author : E. Mack
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Opossum dance written by E. Mack and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Deborah L. Duvall
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826336957
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Opossum's Tale written by Deborah L. Duvall and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever seen an opossum, hurrying across the road with its eyes and coat shining in your headlights? Or hanging upside down from a tree? Or lying on the ground 'playing possum' as if dead? And did you ever wonder why the opossum acts this way? The ancient Cherokee people wondered about the opossum, whose silly grin and hairless tail caught their imagination. In those days, the people had no written language, and they relied on stories to explain the behavior of the animals in their world. According to Cherokee legend, the Opossum owned a magnificent tail, covered in glistening fur, of which he was terribly proud. The tail was so magnificent, in fact, that the Opossum thought it his duty to make everyone else appreciate it as well. In this seventh volume of the Grandmother Stories, Si-qua the Opossum brags constantly about his tail until his neighbors can stand it no more. Something must be done about him! The prideful Si-qua is overcome by loss and despair when his outer beauty is suddenly gone. But an unexpected ally helps Si-qua discover powerful abilities within himself that will soon win the true admiration of his friends. Visit the authors' website at www.jacobandduvall.com.
Author : Deborah L. Duvall
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826336941
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (369 download)
Download or read book The Opossum's Tale written by Deborah L. Duvall and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever seen an opossum, hurrying across the road with its eyes and coat shining in your headlights? Or hanging upside down from a tree? Or lying on the ground 'playing possum' as if dead? And did you ever wonder why the opossum acts this way? The ancient Cherokee people wondered about the opossum, whose silly grin and hairless tail caught their imagination. In those days, the people had no written language, and they relied on stories to explain the behavior of the animals in their world. According to Cherokee legend, the Opossum owned a magnificent tail, covered in glistening fur, of which he was terribly proud. The tail was so magnificent, in fact, that the Opossum thought it his duty to make everyone else appreciate it as well. In this seventh volume of the Grandmother Stories, Si-qua the Opossum brags constantly about his tail until his neighbors can stand it no more. Something must be done about him! The prideful Si-qua is overcome by loss and despair when his outer beauty is suddenly gone. But an unexpected ally helps Si-qua discover powerful abilities within himself that will soon win the true admiration of his friends.
Author : Frank Gouldsmith Speck
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Oklahoma Delaware Ceremonies written by Frank Gouldsmith Speck and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ted Gioia
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822387689
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Work Songs written by Ted Gioia and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All societies have relied on music to transform the experience of work. Song accompanied the farmer's labors, calmed the herder's flock, and set in motion the spinner's wheel. Today this tradition continues. Music blares on the shop floor; song accompanies transactions in the retail store; the radio keeps the trucker going on the long-distance haul. Now Ted Gioia, author of several acclaimed books on the history of jazz, tells the story of work songs from prehistoric times to the present. Vocation by vocation, Gioia focuses attention on the rhythms and melodies that have attended tasks such as the cultivation of crops, the raising and lowering of sails, the swinging of hammers, the felling of trees. In an engaging, conversational writing style, he synthesizes a breathtaking amount of material, not only from songbooks and recordings but also from travel literature, historical accounts, slave narratives, folklore, labor union writings, and more. He draws on all of these to describe how workers in societies around the world have used music to increase efficiency, measure time, relay commands, maintain focus, and alleviate drudgery. At the same time, Gioia emphasizes how work songs often soar beyond utilitarian functions. The heart-wringing laments of the prison chain gang, the sailor’s shanties, the lumberjack’s ballads, the field hollers and corn-shucking songs of the American South, the pearl-diving songs of the Persian Gulf, the rich mbube a cappella singing of South African miners: Who can listen to these and other songs borne of toil and hard labor without feeling their sweep and power? Ultimately, Work Songs, like its companion volume Healing Songs, is an impassioned tribute to the extraordinary capacity of music to enter into day-to-day lives, to address humanity’s deepest concerns and most heartfelt needs.
Author : William Isaac Thomas (ed)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Source Book for Social Origins written by William Isaac Thomas (ed) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Isaac Thomas
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 960 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Source Book for Social Orgins written by William Isaac Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Isaac Thomas
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Total Pages : 952 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Source Book for Social Origins written by William Isaac Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Reginald Laubin
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806121727
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (217 download)
Download or read book Indian Dances of North America written by Reginald Laubin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descriptions of the dances, costumes, body decorations, and musical accompaniment supplement information on the cultural background of Indian dancing
Author : Ted Gioia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199357595
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Love Songs written by Ted Gioia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The love song is timeless. From its beginnings, it has been shaped by bohemians and renegades, slaves and oppressed minorities, prostitutes, immigrants and other excluded groups. But what do we really know about the origins of these intimate expressions of the heart? And how have our changing perceptions about topics such as sexuality and gender roles changed our attitudes towards these songs? In Love Songs: The Hidden History, Ted Gioia uncovers the unexplored story of the love song for the first time. Drawing on two decades of research, Gioia presents the full range of love songs, from the fertility rites of ancient cultures to the sexualized YouTube videos of the present day. The book traces the battles over each new insurgency in the music of love--whether spurred by wandering scholars of medieval days or by four lads from Liverpool in more recent times. In these pages, Gioia reveals that the tenderest music has, in different eras, driven many of the most heated cultural conflicts, and how the humble love song has played a key role in expanding the sphere of individualism and personal autonomy in societies around the world. Gioia forefronts the conflicts, controversies, and the battles over censorship and suppression spurred by such music, revealing the outsiders and marginalized groups that have played a decisive role in shaping our songs of romance and courtship, and the ways their innovations have led to reprisals and strife. And he describes the surprising paths by which the love song has triumphed over these obstacles, and emerged as the dominant form of musical expression in modern society.
Author : James Chalmers
Publisher : [London] : Religious Tract Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)
Download or read book Work and Adventure in New Guinea written by James Chalmers and published by [London] : Religious Tract Society. This book was released on 1885 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mission work among the natives of the south-east coast of New Guinea and an account of their customs; Darnley (Erub) and Murray (Mer) Islands; No tribal names.
Author : Larry T. McGehee
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572333598
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (335 download)
Download or read book Southern Seen written by Larry T. McGehee and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While working at the University of Tennessee in the early 1980s, Larry T.McGehee was looking for a way to share the wealth of history, politics, art, and culture with the residents of the South's small towns. He hit upon theidea of a newspaper column that would run in the region's weekly papers. Through hisstories, McGehee encouraged people to look at the people, places, and things aroundthem with a fresh set of eyes.Southern Seen collects McGehee's numerous columns exploring the South's history, inhabitants, mannerisms, food, and foibles. The book is divided into eight categories: outdoors, place, education, people, conflict, food, play, and religion. His subjects range from the outdoors and the creatures that inhabit it to the Civil War and its battle sites to unique southern symbols and the South's particular culinary delicacies. The author celebrates the traditions and work of the harvest season and extols the beauty of migrating hummingbirds and the rare delight of a southern snowstorm. McGehee meditates on the drastic changes machines and inventions, such as air conditioning, have brought to the region, and he looks for lessons in the mighty floods that occur in the contemporary South.The columns, by turns funny and poignant, biting and sweet, celebrate the past andlook to the future. The wild turkey, once common in the backcountry brush, is now anexample of a vanishing forest population, and local farmers' markets strive to sustain the livelihood of embattled small family farmers. McGehee applies the legacy of the Hatfield-McCoy feuds to the regional and international strife of modern times and examines the sacrifice and contributions of the South's young men who served in the wars of the last century. He revels in the pride of each part of the region for its own unique barbecue and delights in the memories of the small-town drugstore, which offered everything from health advice to a cream soda.Through the stories of famous figures, local residents, and the folk traditions thatshape everyday life, McGehee celebrates the diversity of life in the South and offers irreplaceable insights into what continues to make the region unique.
Author : Thomas Worsnop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Prehistoric Arts, Manufactures, Works, Weapons, Etc., of the Aborigines of Australia written by Thomas Worsnop and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Dearborn Independent written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lady Lilly Grove Frazer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
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Download or read book Dancing written by Lady Lilly Grove Frazer and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tara Fellner
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462904440
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Family Wellness Guide written by Tara Fellner and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Family Wellness Guide is a soothing mix of history, basic information, and practical suggestions for keeping your whole family well. According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of the world's population entrusts their health care to natural remedies and traditional practitioners. Out Mother Earth provides not only the basic food, water, and shelter that we need to survive, but also the wonderful medicinal herbs, plants, and flowers to comfort, soothe, and heal. More and more, people are turning to nature for their healing of body and mind. The Family Wellness Guide covers such areas as herbs, flower remedies, homeopathy, and aromatherapy, and includes a a definitive Guide to Common Ailments. The author also provides her "Top Twelve" recommendations, such as "Mother Earth's Top Twelve Healing Herbs". This comprehensive, traditional healing book is unique in its additional focus on children, and not only discusses childhood ailments in each chapter, but also provides games and stories for children throughout the text. Specific chapters on bathtime and bedtime rituals will create a sense of well-being for the entire family.
Author : Frances Densmore
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Seminole Music written by Frances Densmore and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
