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Publication details [#32299]

Kang, Yoonhee. 2003. The desire to be desired: magic spells, agency, and the politics of desire among the Petalangan people in Indonesia. Language & Communication 23 (2) : 153–167.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

desire | magic | power | speech

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0271-5309

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

This article examines the linguistic features of the Petalangan beauty and love spells, evoking desire, and the metalinguistic dimensions of the language practice. It is discussed how a performer of the spells acquires agency by denying one's own power and intentions.