As Spirits Speak: Interaction in Wauja Exoteric Ritual

As Spirits Speak: Interaction in Wauja Exoteric Ritual. This paper approaches the connections between ritual and discourse in an Amazonian society through a microanalysis of one instance of talk. I examine a Wauja (Xingu Arawak) ritual session of « bringing spirits », wherein a sick person is aided...

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Main Author: Christopher Ball
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2011-10-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/11657
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