Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Orthography, Spelling, Pronunciation, Translation xi
5. Transcription Conventions xv
6. Prologue: Ethnographic Sorrow 1
7. Chapter 1 In the Grip of a Trickster: Mythic (W)Holes and Ethnographic Entanglements 8
8. Chapter 2 Narrative Tricks: The Poetics of “Truthiness” and Ambivalent Analogies 41
9. Chapter 3 Dialogic Riddling: Cosmological Musings and the Kinship of Power 78
10. Chapter 4 Hide-and-Seek: The Social Ideologies of Deception and Revelation 115
11. Chapter 5 A Trickster’s Tropes: Magic on the Margins of Political Power and Christianity 151
12. Chapter 6 Dirty and Dangerous Tricks: Taking Dialogic Risks 187
13. Chapter 7 Portending Death: Life-Affirming Laughter and the Telltale Sign of the Trickster 222
14. Epilogue: Ethnographic Exit 249
15. Notes 255
16. References 267
17. Index 279
18. About the Author 285