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Volume 30 October 2016 Number 2
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Founding Editor
John Miles Foley ()
Editor Managing Editor
John Zemke Katy Chenoweth
Editorial Assistants
Lauren Anderson Emily Horn
Elise Broaddus
Christopher Dobbs
IT Manager
Mark Jarvis
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Mark C. Amodio Robert P. Creed
Vassar College Univ. of Mass./Amherst
Old and Middle English Old English, Comparative
Patricia Arant Robert Culley ()
Brown University McGill University
Russian Biblical Studies
Samuel Armistead () Thomas DuBois
University of California/Davis University of Wisconsin
Hispanic, Comparative Scandinavian
Richard Bauman Casey Dué
Indiana University University of Houston
Folklore, Theory Ancient Greek
Margaret H. Beissinger Joseph J. Duggan
Princeton University Univ. of Cal./Berkeley
South Slavic and Romanian French, Spanish, Comparative
Dan Ben-Amos Alan Dundes ()
University of Pennsylvania Univ. of Cal./Berkeley
Folklore Folklore
Mark Bender Mark W. Edwards
Ohio State University Stanford University
Chinese Ancient Greek
Mary Ellen Brown David Elmer
Indiana University Harvard University
Folklore, Balladry South Slavic, Ancient Greek
Jonathan Burgess Larry Evers
University of Toronto University of Arizona
Ancient Greek American Indian Literature
Chogjin Ruth Finnegan
Chinese Academy Open University
of Social Sciences African, South Pacific
Mongolian, Chinese
Joxerra Garzía
Bridget Connelly University of the Basque Country
University of Cal./Berkeley Basque
Arabic
Andrew Gerstle Werner Kelber
University of London Rice University
Japanese Theater, Biblical Studies
Performance Literature
Françoise Létoublon
Terry Gunnell Université Stendahl
University of Iceland Ancient Greek
Old Norse, Drama
Victor Mair
Thomas Hale University of Pennsylvania
Penn. State University Chinese
African
Peter Middleton
Lee Haring University of Southampton
Broklyn Colege, CUNY Contemporary Poetry
African Performance
Joseph Harris Nada Milošević-Djordjević
Harvard University University of Belgrade
Old Norse South Slavic
Lauri Harvilahti Stephen Mitchell
Finnish Literature Society Harvard University
Russian, Finnish, Altai Scandinavian
Holly Hearon Gregory Nagy
Christian Theological Seminary Harvard University
New Testament Ancient Greek, Sanskrit,
Comparative
Lauri Honko ()
Turku University Joseph Falaky Nagy
Comparative Epic Univ. of Cal./Los Angeles
Old Irish
Dell Hymes ()
University of Virginia Susan Niditch
Native American, Linguistics Amherst College
Hebrew Bible
Bonnie Irwin
Eastern Illinois University Walter J. Ong ()
Comparative Medieval Arabic St. Louis University
Hermeneutics of orality and
Martin Jaffee literacy
Hebrew Bible
Univ. of Washington Tom Pettitt
University of Southern Denmark
Minna Skafte Jensen Folklore, early Literature
Odense University
Ancient Greek, Latin
Shelly Fenno Quinn Timothy Tangherlini
Ohio State University University of California-Los
Japanese Angeles
Scandinavian Studies
Burton Raffel
Univ. of Southwestern Dennis Tedlock
Louisiana SUNY/Buffalo
Translation Native American
Karl Reichl J. Barre Toelken
Universität Bonn Utah State University
Turkic, Old and Middle English Folklore, Native American
John Roberts Ronald J. Turner
Ohio State University Univ. of Missouri/Columbia
African-American Storytelling
Joel Sherzer Andrew Wiget
University of Texas/Austin University of New Mexico
Native American, Anthropology Native American
Joseph Sobol Paulu Zedda
East Tennessee State University Università di Cagliari
Storytelling Sardinian
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Authoritative Speech in the Himalayas
Marie Lecomte-Tilouine and Anne de Sales, Special Editors
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Contents
Editor’s Column ..........................................................................................175
Marie Lecomte-Tilouine and Anne de Sales
Words of Truth: Authority and Agency
in Ritual and Legal Speeches in the Himalayas ..........................................177
John Leavitt
Transmissions and Transitions in Indian Oral Traditions ..........................195
Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
The Untouchable Bard as Author of his Royal Patron:
A Social Approach to Oral Epic Poetry in Western Nepal ..........................211
Anne de Sales
The Sources of Authority for Shamanic Speech:
Examples from the Kham-Magar of Nepal .................................................243
Martin Gaenszle
Meaning, Intention, and Responsibility in Rai Divinatory Discourse ........263
Franck Bernède
The House of Letters: Musical Apprenticeship
among the Newar Farmers (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal) .............................281
Christian Jahoda
Imparting and (Re-)Confirming Order to the World: Authoritative Speech
Traditions and Socio-political Assemblies in Spiti, Upper Kinnaur, and
Purang in the Past and Present ..................................................................319
Daniela Berti
The Authority of Law and the Production of Truth in India ........................345
Barbara Berardi Tadié
Engendering Minorities in Nepal:
The Authority of Legal Discourse and the Production of Truth ..................361
Pustak Ghimire
Authority, Status, and Caste Markers in Everyday Village Conversations:
the Example of Eastern Nepal .....................................................................387
About the Authors ........................................................................................409
