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Publication details [#68]

Bloch, Maurice, ed. 1975. Political language and oratory in traditional society. Academic Press. x + 240 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

political language | public speech | traditional society

Articles in this volume

Bloch, Maurice. Introduction. 1–28

Firth, Raimond. Speech-making and authority in Tikopia. 29–43

Comaroff, John. Talking politics: Oratory and authority in a Tswana chiefdom. 41–161

Salmond, Anne. Mana makes the man: A look at Maori oratory and politics. 45–63

Keenan, Elinor Ochs. A sliding sense of obligatoriness: The poly-structure of Malagasy oratory. 93–112

Parkin, David J. The rhetoric of responsibility: Bureaucratic communications in a Kenya farming area. 113–139

Turton, David. The relationship between oratory and exercise of influence among the Mursi. 163–183

Strathern, Andrew. Veiled speech in Mount Hagen. 185–203

Seidel, Gill. Ambiguity in political discourse. 205–226

Reviewed by

Burling, Robbins. 1977. Review of $Political language and oratory in traditional society.