{"product_id":"9780819569349","title":"Songs, Dreamings, and Ghosts: The Wangga of North Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Stanner Award from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Studies (2006)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAboriginal musicians receive songs both from an eternal realm known as The Dreaming and from the ghosts of deceased ancestors. Songs, Dreamings, and Ghosts is the first book-length study of wangga, a musical and ceremonial genre of Aboriginal people of the Daly Region of Northern Australia. This work is a labor of love, the culmination of nearly 20 years of field work and research by renowned ethnomusicologist Allan Marett, and represents the only comprehensive documentation of a single major genre of Aboriginal music. With first-hand, in-depth knowledge of Northwest Australia’s Aboriginal cultures, Marett provides the reader with a penetrating description and analysis of this compelling musical practice. This book makes a significant contribution to knowledge of Aboriginal studies, and provides a rare glimpse into relatively unknown traditions and cultures. It includes illustrations, musical examples, and links to a web-based virtual CD loaded with samples of this fascinating music, closely linked to the text, at http:\/\/www.wesleyan.edu\/wespress\/wanggacd\/.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017677193456,"sku":"9780819569349","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780819569349_p0.jpg?v=1763748698","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780819569349","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}