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Keepers Of The Sacred Chants

The Poetics Of Ritual Power In An Amazonian Society

by Jonathan D. Hill
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language: english
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, December of 1993 ‧
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The Wakuenai of the upper Rio Negro region in southern Venezuela employ a form of singing called malikai for ceremonies of childbirth, initiation, and healing. In this volume, Jonathan Hill shows how the musical and semantic transformations of everyday discourse in malikai integrate the everyday world into a poetic process of empowerment.

Keepers Of The Sacred Chants

The Poetics Of Ritual Power In An Amazonian Society

by Jonathan D. Hill

Property Description
ISBN: 9780816511358
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS
Release Date: December of 1993
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 245
Format: Book
Collection: University Of Arizona Space Science Series
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Anthropology
EAN: 9780816511358

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