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'Udovica Jana': a case study of an oral performance
Slavonic and East European review [SEER] • 54 (1) • Published In 1976 • Pages: 11-23
By: Foley, John Miles, Halpern, Barbara.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The EPSKE PESME are epic narratives which deal with historical and mythological subjects and represent one example of the rich variety of forms of oral traditional expression found in certain areas of Yugoslavia. An example of the EPSKE PESME, as presented here, is the narrative-song 'UDOVICA JANA' (the widow Jana) as performed by the Serbian professional singer (GUSLAR) Aleksandar Jakovljevic in April 1954. The authors present a synopsis of the song, then the actual text itself, and a critical analysis thereof.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Literary texts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Serbs
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Humanist
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Serbia
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Miles Foley and Barbara Kerewsky Halpern
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn80011757
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Serbs