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Lament Traditions

Lament Traditions is a genre of folk performance tradition consisting of ritualized vocal expressions of grief, distinguished by its function in cultural bereavement practices to articulate collective mourning through structured poetic and musical forms.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

George Giannaris, Margaret Alexiou · Books Abroad · 1975 · 889 citations

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After antiquity: Greek language, myth, and metaphor

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 95 citations

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Women Cry with Words: Symbolization of Affect in the Karelian Lament

Elizabeth Tolbert · Yearbook for Traditional Music · 1990 · 89 citations

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Crying Shame: Metaculture, Modernity, and the Exaggerated Death of Lament

K. Wirtz · The Australian Journal of Anthropology · 2010 · 78 citations · Full text

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The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

E Blum, Richard Blum, Margaret Alexiou · Journal of American Folklore · 1976 · 55 citations

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Authors

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  1. MA
    Margaret Alexiou

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 944 citations

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  2. TA
    TASIOULAS

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. RD
    Robert D. Drexler

    University of South Carolina, United States

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  4. AB
    Angela Bourke

    Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, United States

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  5. GW
    Gregory W. Dobrov

    1 publications · 31 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. Tainan Theological College and Seminary

    Tainan City, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  2. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  3. Western Michigan University

    Kalamazoo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    78 citations

  4. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  8. Northern Arizona University

    Flagstaff, United States

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. The Australian Journal of Anthropology

    TAJA · 1 publications · 78 citations

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  2. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

    Repository · 1 publications · 31 citations

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  3. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

    JSOT · 1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina)

    Repository · 1 publications · 31 citations

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  5. Fabula

    1 publications · 13 citations

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