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Foreword by Victor Grauer / ix Preface: Drive-By Yodel / xiii Yoknowledgments / xix An Introduction to the Insane Logic of Yodeling / The Yodel Climbs Out Through the Roof In the Beginning Was the Holler / The Black Voice Heard Blue around the World / The Black Line / Yodel-Spotting in the Big-Small World / The Great Leap from Low to High Culture / Ego versus Echo / The Yodel That Ate Celluloid / The Lands of Yo Switzerlandia / Germany’s Buffer against Taking Itself Too Seriously / Austria’s Infectious Yodeling History / Scan-Da-NAY-Veee-AAAH and Siiigh-ber-EEE-ah / The Brits Oddly Deny Their Yodel Talent / Contents The Belgian and Dutch Escape from Sobriety / La Vie Tyrolienne à Paris / Spain’s Revolutionary Yodels / Italodeeaaayeeodeeaaayeeeoooo / Eastern Europe / Arab Yodeling: Between Yelp and Ululation / Yodel Asia / Yodeling Outback and Down Under / HawayiiOOayii / Yodelers in the Great White North / Latin America—Ay Yaie Yaie EEEE OOOoo / Notes / Illustration Credits / Index / ...