Power in Performance: The Creation of Textual Authority in Weyewa Ritual Speech (Anniversary Collection)
Language: English
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection, 1990
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- Title
- Power in Performance: The Creation of Textual Authority in Weyewa Ritual Speech (Anniversary Collection)
- Author
- Kuipers, Joel C.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
- Publication year
- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- English
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- 0812282450
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- 9780812282450
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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Joel C. Kuipers is Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University.
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