In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editor’s Column

John Zemke
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0008
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Words of Truth: Authority and Agency in Ritual and Legal Speeches in the Himalayas

Marie Lecomte-Tilouine, Anne de Sales
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0009
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Authoritative Modes of Speech in a Central Himalayan Ritual

John Leavitt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0010
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The Untouchable Bard as Author of his Royal Patron: A Social Approach to Oral Epic Poetry in Western Nepal

Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0011
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The Sources of Authority for Shamanic Speech: Examples from the Kham-Magar of Nepal

Anne de Sales
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0012
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Meaning, Intention, and Responsibility in Rai Divinatory Discourse

Martin Gaenszle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0013
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The House of Letters: Musical Apprenticeship among the Newar Farmers (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)

Franck Bernède
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0014
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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

Christian Jahoda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0015
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The Authority of Law and the Production of Truth in India

Daniela Berti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0016
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Engendering Minorities in Nepal: The Authority of Legal Discourse and the Production of Truth

Barbara Berardi Tadié
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0017
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Authority, Status, and Caste Markers in Everyday Village Conversations: The Example of Eastern Nepal

Pustak Ghimire
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0018
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About the Authors

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ort.2016.0019
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