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Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press. 1989. (ISBN: 0874746205). Hard Cover, 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. xv; 345 pp. Includes Orthography, extensive Notes, a Bibliography, Index and Glossary. "Anthropologists frequently mention prayers in their descriptions of rites and beliefs, but they seldom pay attention to what is actually said in them. This book corrects this omission through an intricate combination of an analysis of the forms of prayer -- use of parellelism, alliteration, segment structure -- with an exploration of prayer as both a rich source of ethnographic knowledge and as a little-explored but significant form of cultural creation. This study provides transcriptions and translations of seven prayers that are representative of a range of social and ritual contexts, each with extensive narrative and commentary.". Fine/Fine.

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