Power in Performance : : The Creation of Textual Authority in Weyewa Ritual Speech / / Joel C. Kuipers.
Among the Weyewa of the eastern Indonesian island of Sumba, spokesmen seek to inscribe their traditions and sacred obligations through ritual speaking performances. In a series of lively poetic dialogues, performers use a distinctive couplet style to pursue the trail of their ancestors.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Conduct and Communication
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (202 p.) :; 18 illus. |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Tables and Illustrations -- |t Preface -- |t Orthographic Notes -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t 1. Power in Performance -- |t 2. The History of Land, Power, and Authority in the Weyewa Highlands -- |t 3. Spiritual Authority in the Context of Calamity: Agents, Action, and Exchange -- |t 4. ‘Words of the Ancestors’ as a Continuum of Style -- |t 5. Sorting out the ‘Word’: Divination as Dialogic Performance -- |t 6. Songs, Gongs, and Oratory in Zaizo Placation Performances: The Poetic Accomplishment of Consensus -- |t 7. Unity and Exchange in Rites of Fulfillment: The ‘Word’ as Monologue -- |t 8. Conclusions -- |t Epilogue: Innovation and Convention in a Changing Weyewa Society -- |t References -- |t Index of Names -- |t Index of Subjects -- |t Backmatter |
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| 520 | |a Among the Weyewa of the eastern Indonesian island of Sumba, spokesmen seek to inscribe their traditions and sacred obligations through ritual speaking performances. In a series of lively poetic dialogues, performers use a distinctive couplet style to pursue the trail of their ancestors. | ||
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