The Gift of Song: Performing Exchange in Western Arnhem Land

by Reuben Brown

The Gift of Song: Performing Exchange in Western Arnhem Land tells the story of the return of physical and digital cultural materials through song and dance. Drawing on extensive, first-person ethnographic fieldwork in western Arnhem Land, Australia, the book examines how Bininj/Arrarrkpi (Aboriginal people of this region) enact change and innovate their performance practices through ceremonial exchange. As Indigenous communities worldwide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032106360
• ISBN13: 9781032106366
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages