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Text and context: folksong in a Bosnian Muslim village

Slavica PublishersColumbus, OhioPublished In 1983 • Pages:

By: Lockwood, Yvonne R..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study, undertaken in 1966-1968, is an attempt to understand the function and role of songs and their relationship to the social structure of a Bosnian Muslim village (Planinica). The song texts document, in part, a world view and way of life in the past (p. 7). Songs were recorded by Lockwood by means of a tape recorder or on paper, and further supplemented by interviews with informants, especially in regard to their attitudes, values, and sense of aesthetics concerning the singers, songs, and performances. Lockwood discusses the subject content of the various types of songs, presenting in the process numerous representative examples of each type (e.g., songs of courtship, work songs, lullabies, etc.). Although the fieldwork was conducted in Planinica, comparative song data from other neighboring villages in the region have been compiled in this work in Appendix II, pp. 169-198. The musical transcriptions of various songs appearing in the text will be found in Appendix III, pp. 201-220.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Music
Literary texts
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Bosnian Muslims
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
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
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.
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
1966-1968
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1966-1968
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Planinica village, Skoplje Polje region, Bosnia and Herzegovina
NotesAdditional notes
Yvonne R. Lockwood
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-98)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
85108317
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bosnians