Music and Shamanism Among South American Indians: Some Unifying Melodic Factors
FAIN: FT-12246-74
Dale Alan Olsen
Unaffiliated Independent Scholar (Tallahassee, FL 32308-0942)
To study the function of melody as a shamantic tool while curing illness among certain South American Indian cultures. This study is important to both anthropology and ethnomusicology especially since South American indigenous cultures and nearing extinction or cultural assimilation.