Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Glossary
1. An Introduction to Wakuénai Ritual Poetics
2. The Regional and Historical Contexts of Wakuénai Ritual Poetics
3. The Genesis of Ritual Power
4. Birth and the Art of Microtonal Rising
5. Initiation into the Cult of Kuwái and the Musicalization of Mythic Speech
6. "Going Through the Middle" and "Bringing Back from the Edge"
7. The Poetics of Ritual Power
Notes
References
Index