Power in Performance The Creation of Textual Authority in Weyewa Ritual Speech 1st Edition by Joel Kuipers 1512803340 9781512803341
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ISBN 10: 1512803340
ISBN 13: 9781512803341
Author: 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.
Table of contents:
1. Power in Performance
2. The History of Land, Power, and Authority in the Weyewa Highlands
3. Spiritual Authority in the Context of Calamity: Agents, Action, and Exchange
4. ‘Words of the Ancestors’ as a Continuum of Style
5. Sorting out the ‘Word’: Divination as Dialogic Performance
6. Songs, Gongs, and Oratory in Zaizo Placation Performances: The Poetic Accomplishment of Consensus
7. Unity and Exchange in Rites of Fulfillment: The ‘Word’ as Monologue
8. Conclusions
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