Download or read book Power and performance in Gros Ventre war expedition songs written by Orin T. Hatton and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a cultural analysis of power and performance in Gros Ventre war expedition songs. Symbolic content of Gros Ventre myth and ritual is elicited as a tool for analyzing particular social relationships that motivate war expeditions as action and value. Mythological and musical analysis combine in an investigation of structural and performance devices that frame song as a system of communication.