
Power in Performance
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Joel C. Kuipers is Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Tables and Illustrations
- Preface
- Orthographic Notes
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Epilogue: Innovation and Convention in a Changing Weyewa Society
- References
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
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