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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 /  ...

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