essay
An approach to the ethnography of Navajo ceremonial performance
Ethnography of musical performance [compiled by] Norma McLeod and Marcia Herndon • Norwood, Pa. • Published In 1980 • Pages: 75-104, 199-212
By: Frisbie, Charlotte Johnson.
Abstract
This is a preliminary study offered by the author as an initial step in the job of identifying how an ethnography of Navajo ceremonial performance may be approached. Several important issues are discussed in reference to the ethnography of performance, such as keying devices (what initiates a ceremonial performance), factors affecting the structure and content of performance, the relation between context and content, aesthetics, flexibility, and variation. Rather than elaborating to any extent on any of these issues, the author focuses on the progression of events which constitute a Navajo ceremonial performance beginning with its initial inception, through it planning and preparation, to its onset and termination (p. 101).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnomusicologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2003
- Field Date
- 1976
- Coverage Date
- 1976
- Coverage Place
- Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, United States
- Notes
- Charlotte J. Frisbie
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212)
- LCCN
- 80020428
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians