Yupiit yuraryarait
Subtitle: Yup'ik ways of dancing
By: James H. Barker and Ann Fienup-Riordan with Theresa Arevgaq John ; translations by Marie Meade, David Chanar, and Alice Rearden.
Contributors: John, Theresa.; Fienup-Riordan, Ann.
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fairbanks
Language: eng; ypk
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781602230828
Subjects: 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
Genres: Pictorial works; Songs and music
Other titles: Yup'ik ways of dancing
Description: Illustrates the dance and music of the indigenous Alaskan Yup'ik people and provides information about how this interpretive art form is interconnected to the history of the land and the people. Examines the meaning of the complex and symbolic rituals and includes photographs, a glossary, an index, and a CD-ROM.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Yuarutma mengyaraa/The beginning of my song; title: Yuarutem agenra/The song's chorus; title: Yup'ik dancing is like Akutaq : a rich mixture; title: A land of dancers; title: The moral foundations of Yup'ik dancing; title: Song and dance through the seasons : the traditional cycle of ceremonies; title: Apalluan ciuqlia/First verse; title: Everything dances; title: Powerful songs, past and present; title: Apalluan kinguqlia/Second verse; title: The missionary view; title: The return of dancing; title: Pamyua!/Tail!; title: Why we dance; title: From hardship to fulfillment; title: Glossary.