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Author:

Barker, James H.

Title:

Yupiit yuraryarait = Yup'ik ways of dancing / James H. Barker and Ann Fienup-Riordan with Theresa Arevgaq John ; translations by Marie Meade, David Chanar, and Alice Rearden.

Publisher:

University of Alaska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxxiii, 237 p. : ill. ; 26 x 27 cm. + 1 videodisc (sd., col and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.)

Subject:

Yupik dance--Alaska.
Yupik dance--Alaska--Pictorial works.
Yupik Eskimos--Alaska--Social life and customs.
Yupik Eskimos--Alaska--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.
Yupik Eskimos--Alaska--Songs and music.
Alaska--Social life and customs.
Alaska--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Other Authors:

Fienup-Riordan, Ann.
John, Theresa.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Yuarutma mengyaraa = The beginning of my song -- Yuarutem agenra = The song's chorus -- Yup'ik dancing is like Akutaq : a rich mixture -- A land of dancers -- The moral foundations of Yup'ik dancing -- Song and dance through the seasons : the traditional cycle of ceremonies -- Apalluan ciuqlia = First verse -- Everything dances -- Powerful songs, past and present -- Apalluan kinguqlia = Second verse -- The missionary view -- The return of dancing -- Pamyua! = Tail! -- Why we dance -- From hardship to fulfillment -- Glossary.

ISBN:

160223082X (cloth and hidden pbk.)
9781602230828 (cloth and hidden pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)551198832

LCCN:

2010009132

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)