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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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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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