Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction to the Third Edition xiii
6. Preface to the Second Edition xxxix
7. Introduction to the First Edition 1
8. 1. The Boy Who Became a Muni Bird 20
9. 2. To You They Are Birds, to Me They Are Voices in the Forest 44
10. 3. Weeping That Moves Women to Song 86
11. 4. The Poetics of Loss and Abandonment 130
12. 5. Song That Moves Men to Tears 163
13. 6. In the Form of a Bird: Kaluli Aesthetics 217
14. Postscript, 1989 239
15. Appendix: Kaluli Folk Ornithology 269
16. Glossary of Kaluli Terms 279
17. References 284
18. Index 293
19. Additional Resources 299