Publications

Publication details [#13308]

Stoller, Paul. 2000. Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa. In Peyton, Joy Kreeft, Peg Griffin, Walt Wolfram and Ralph W. Fasold. Language in Action. New Studies of Language in Society. Essays in Honor of Roger W. Shuy. Hampton Press. pp. 155–176.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

authority | event | text

Annotation

In this article, the author calls attention to the mimetic, corporeal, and historical aspects of cultural events in reaction to the reduction of such events to 'texts'.