Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Tables and Illustrations VII
4. Preface IX
5. Orthographic Notes XVII
6. Acknowledgments XXV
7. 1. Power in Performance 1
8. 2. The History of Land, Power, and Authority in the Weyewa Highlands 11
9. 3. Spiritual Authority in the Context of Calamity: Agents, Action, and Exchange 36
10. 4. ‘Words of the Ancestors’ as a Continuum of Style 55
11. 5. Sorting out the ‘Word’: Divination as Dialogic Performance 81
12. 6. Songs, Gongs, and Oratory in Zaizo Placation Performances: The Poetic Accomplishment of Consensus 108
13. 7. Unity and Exchange in Rites of Fulfillment: The ‘Word’ as Monologue 137
14. 8. Conclusions 167
15. Epilogue: Innovation and Convention in a Changing Weyewa Society 173
16. References 181
17. Index of Names 195
18. Index of Subjects 196
19. Backmatter 199