ABSTRACT

In the most comprehensive collection of information ever published on the performing arts of Oceania, 168 scholars in thirty countries and on every continent describe the music of the indigenous peoples of Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia in forty in-depth articles.

part |1 pages

Part 1 Introduction to Oceania and Its Music

chapter |5 pages

Profile of Oceania

chapter |46 pages

Encounters with "The Other"

chapter |16 pages

Encounters among "Ourselves"

chapter |54 pages

Musical Migrations

part |2 pages

Part 2 Concepts in Oceanic Music

chapter |1 pages

Music and Society

chapter |46 pages

Popular Music

chapter |13 pages

Music and Ingested Substances

chapter |26 pages

Music and Religion

chapter |13 pages

Music and Politics

chapter |17 pages

Music and Theater

chapter |10 pages

Music and Gender

chapter |30 pages

Music and Education

chapter |1 pages

The Many Dimensions of Music

chapter |29 pages

Understanding Music

chapter |8 pages

Understanding Dance

chapter |26 pages

Language in Musical Settings

chapter |18 pages

Compositional Processes

chapter |34 pages

Musical Instruments

part |2 pages

Part 3 Peoples of Oceania and Their Music

chapter |1 pages

Australia

chapter |10 pages

The Music and Dance of Australia

chapter |32 pages

Traditional Australian Music

chapter |21 pages

Traditional Australian Dance

chapter |1 pages

New Guinea

chapter |16 pages

The Music and Dance of New Guinea

chapter |23 pages

Papua Region of Papua New Guinea

chapter |34 pages

Highland Region of Papua New Guinea

chapter |33 pages

Mamose Region of Papua New Guinea

chapter |19 pages

Irian Jaya Province of Indonesia

chapter |1 pages

Melanesia

chapter |2 pages

The Music and Dance of Melanesia

chapter |30 pages

Island Region of Papua New Guinea

chapter |41 pages

Solomon Islands

chapter |17 pages

New Caledonia

chapter |23 pages

Vanuatu

chapter |1 pages

Micronesia

chapter |10 pages

The Music and Dance of Micronesia

chapter |26 pages

West Micronesia

chapter |19 pages

East Micronesia

chapter |1 pages

Polynesia

chapter |3 pages

The Music and Dance of Polynesia

chapter |62 pages

West Polynesia

chapter |32 pages

Polynesian Outliers

chapter |92 pages

East Polynesia

part |1 pages

Part 4 Resources and Research Tools

chapter |27 pages

Archives and Institutional Resources

chapter |22 pages

Recordings of Oceanic Music

chapter |6 pages

Books for Further Reading

chapter |8 pages

Glossary

chapter |6 pages

Notes on the Audio Examples