Download or read book Melodies of Mourning written by Fiona Magowan and published by James Currey Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an ethnographical account of the way that song, dance and musical sensitivity weave into the lives of an aboriginal community of Australia. This book focuses upon the song and associated emotional experience of women, and the way in which children are socialized into the musical and imaginative discourses and practices of the adult world.