A Musical View of the Universe Laura M. Justice given by the American Studies

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A Musical View of the Universe Laura M. Justice given by the American StudiesA Musical View of the Universe is a study of the relationships between spoken myth and musical ritual in a native Brazilian community, the Carib speaking Kalpalo of the Upper Xingu Basin. The book focuses on the meanings created and expressed through performance of artistic processes in which sound symbols provide a unifying interpretive matrix. Through sound symbols, Kalpalo ideas about types of beings, their relationships, and activities of mind are