Performing Beliefs:
Indigenous Peoples of South America,
Central America, and Mexico
edited by Malena Kuss
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Table of Contents:
Prologue Malena Kuss
Native Peoples: Introductory Panorama Carol E. Robertson
Myth, Cosmology, and Performance Carol E. Robertson
Metamorphosis: Mythic and Musical Modes of Ceremonial Exchange among the Wakuénai of Venezuela Jonathan D. Hill
Brazil’s Indigenous Universe (to ca. 1990): The Xavante, Kamayurá and Suyá Elizabeth Travassos
The Yawari Ritual of the Kamayurá: A Xinguano Epic Rafael José de Menezes Bastos
Music and Worldview of Indian Societies in the Bolivian Andes Max Peter Baumann
Local Practices among the Aymara and Kechua in Conima and Canas, Southern Peru Thomas Turino
Amerindian Music of Chile María Ester Grebe
Musical Culture of Indigenous Societies in Argentina Irma Ruiz
Fertility Ritual Carol E. Robertson
Music and Healing Carol E. Robertson
The Fundamental Role of Music in the Life of Two Central American Ethnic Nations: The Mískito in Honduras and Nicaragua, and the Kuna in Panama Ronny Velásquez
Mexico’s Indigenous Universe Marina Alonso Bolaños
Musical Traditions of the P’urhépecha (Tarascos) of Michoacán, Mexico E. Fernando Nava López
Aerophones of Traditional Use in South America, with References to Central America and Mexico Dale A. Olsen
Epilogue Carol E. Robertson
Index
Contributors
Recorded Examples