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The Black Cow's Footprint: Time, Space and Music in the Lives of the Kotas of South India
University of Illinois Press, 2006 Cloth: 978-0-252-03116-8 Library of Congress Classification DS432.K6W65 2006 Dewey Decimal Classification 305.89481
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
A black cow leads the members of a South Indian hill tribe, the Kotas, to the Nilgiri Hills and, with its hoof, indicates where to found each village. This footprint acts as a moral center of gravity, an important place for music-making, dancing, and other rituals. Places such as this, and moments in time, serve as physical and moral “anchors” for the Kota community. In this book, Richard K. Wolf explores how the Kotas “anchor” their musical and other activities around places and significant moments in time and, in the process, constitute themselves as individuals and as a group. This volume also includes a CD of Richard Wolf’s Kota field recordings. See other books on: Lives | Religious life and customs | Rites and ceremonies | Songs and music | Space See other titles from University of Illinois Press |
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The Black Cow's Footprint: Time, Space and Music in the Lives of the Kotas of South India
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
University of Illinois Press, 2006
Cloth: 978-0-252-03116-8
Cloth: 978-0-252-03116-8
A black cow leads the members of a South Indian hill tribe, the Kotas, to the Nilgiri Hills and, with its hoof, indicates where to found each village. This footprint acts as a moral center of gravity, an important place for music-making, dancing, and other rituals. Places such as this, and moments in time, serve as physical and moral “anchors” for the Kota community. In this book, Richard K. Wolf explores how the Kotas “anchor” their musical and other activities around places and significant moments in time and, in the process, constitute themselves as individuals and as a group. This volume also includes a CD of Richard Wolf’s Kota field recordings.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
