Book
Tiv song
The University of Chicago Press • Chicago, Ill. • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Keil, Charles.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Although ostensibly a study of Tiv song, this book includes description and analysis of Tiv dance, stories, and decorative art, including scarification. The author first explores the sematics of Tiv music terminology and provides insight into the Tiv creative process. Next he looks at stories which are mostly about a trickster figure who repeatedly undermines chiefly authority through sexual prowess expressed in song. Other types of song are commissioned by individuals to praise themselves or insult others. Through life histories of several songwriters, Keil examines what makes and motivates a songwriter. In a final chapter, Keil tries to uncover the master metaphor, or trope, which inspires Tiv song, dance, sculpture, architecture, and design. He finds it in an 'expressive grid' composed of concentric circles, representing the forces of society and culture, intersected by radiating lines which emanate from the center and represent forces of individuality. An appendix includes eleven songs and an analysis of Tiv song form.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Semantics
- Leisure time activities
- Humor
- Art
- Cosmology
- Ethnopsychology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tiv
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965-1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1912-1967
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Benue State, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles Keil
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-289) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78003178
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tiv (African people)