Power in Performance : the Creation of Textual Authority in Weyewa Ritual Speech /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kuipers, Joel C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Series:Conduct and Communication
Subjects:
Wewewa (Indonesian people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Wewewa (Indonesian people) > Folklore.
Folklore > Performance > Indonesia > Sumba Island.
Wewewa dialect > Social aspects > Indonesia > Sumba Island.
Folklore > Interprétation > Indonésie > Sumba.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Folklore > Performance.
Wewewa dialect > Social aspects.
Wewewa (Indonesian people)
Indonesia > Sumba Island.
Folklore.
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