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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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnomusicologist
- 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 ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charlotte J. Frisbie
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80020428
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians