To Speak in Pairs: Essays on the Ritual Languages of eastern Indonesia - Rilegato

 
9780521343329: To Speak in Pairs: Essays on the Ritual Languages of eastern Indonesia
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ISBN 10: 0521343321 ISBN 13: 9780521343329
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Sinossi

This collection of essays represents an important advance in the study of oral literature in context.

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Descrizione del libro

This collection of essays is a major contribution to the study of oral composition and ritual communication, and in particular to the use of 'parallelism' (the poetic ordering of words and phrases in alternative, duplicate form). To Speak in Pairs represents an important advance in the study of oral literature in context.

Contenuti

Illustrations; The contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction James J. Fox; 1. Etiquette in Kodi spirit communication: the lips told to pronounce, the mouths told to speak Janet Alison Hoskins; 2. Method in the metaphor: the ritual language of Wanukaka David Mitchell; 3. Li'i marapu: speech and ritual among the Wewewa of west Sumba Brigitte Renard-Clamagirand; 4. The pattern of prayer in Weyéwa Joel C. Kuipers; 5. Fashioned speech, full communication: aspects of eastern Sumbanese ritual language Gregory Forth; 6. Manu Kama's road, Tepa Nilu's path: theme, narrative, and formula in Rotinese ritual language James J. Fox; 7. The case of the purloined statues: the power of words among the Lionese Eriko Aoki; 8. The journey of the bridegroom: idioms of marriage among the Endenese Satoshi Nakagawa; 9. A quest for the source: the ontogenesis of a creation myth of the Ata Tana Ai E. D. Lewis; 10. The tree of desire: a Toraja ritual poem Charles Zerner and Toby Alice Volkman; Notes; References; Index.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
1988
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521343321
ISBN 13 
9780521343329
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
352
Redattore
Fox James J.
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Persona responsabile
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9780521028004: To Speak in Pairs: Essays on the Ritual Languages of eastern Indonesia

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521028000 ISBN 13:  9780521028004
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008
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