Aija Veldre Beldavs

beldavsa@indiana.edu

Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University, April 2001

I Sing Out Nine, You’re Working on One:
Historical Latvian Ritual Insult Song Warring “Apdziedāšanās”

1. Title Page and Abstract | WORD97
2. Acknowledgements | WORD97
3. To Dan Etter, to a Thursday’s Child | WORD97
4. PREFACE | WORD97
5. I. INTRODUCTION | WORD97
6. II. ECO-HISTORICAL CONTEXTS | WORD97
7. III. CALENDAR AND LIFE CYCLES | WORD97
8. IV. MYTH, BELIEF SYSTEMS, AND COSMOLOGY | WORD97
9. V. THE DAINA-SONG | WORD97
10. VI. SINGING, BUZZING, AND WEAVING | WORD97
11. VII . NERĀTNĀS (SHAMELESS, NAUGHTY, EROTIC, OR BAWDY) DAINAS | WORD97
12. VIII. ANALYSIS OVERVIEW | WORD97
13. IX. RESEARCH CONCEPTS AND TOOLS | WORD97
14. X. ASPECTS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGY ON MAGIC AND AGGRESSION | WORD97
15. XI. CONCLUDING APDZIEDĀŠANĀS (RITUAL INSULT) WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF APDZIEDĀŠANA (CELEBRATION) | WORD97
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY | WORD97