Acculturation in the Eskimo Songs of the Greenlanders
The traditional Eskimo music of Greenland has long since disappeared on the greater part of the west coast, but it still survives — though in an agonizing state — in East Greenland and North Greenland. These last named places of the Arctic island have been difficult of access and have consequently b...
| Published in: | Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1972
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/767670 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0316608200001206 |
| Summary: | The traditional Eskimo music of Greenland has long since disappeared on the greater part of the west coast, but it still survives — though in an agonizing state — in East Greenland and North Greenland. These last named places of the Arctic island have been difficult of access and have consequently been submitted to a colonial or quasi-colonial status only at a late date. |
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