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

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuipers, Joel C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
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.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Folklore > Performance
Wewewa dialect > Social aspects
Wewewa (Indonesian people)
Wewewa (Indonesian people) > Rites and ceremonies
Indonesia > Sumba Island
Folklore
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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
  • Backmatter

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