Seductive Mediators
The Nuuraa Performer's Ritual Persona as a Love Magician in Kelantanese Thai Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9083239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irving Chan Johnson, Irving Johnson (Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 286-309 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4634 • E-ISSN: 1474-0680 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022463400013035 |
| OpenAlex | W2112948194 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
The actor-dancers of the Kelantanese Thai Nuuraa theatre are often seen by Kelantanese as practitioners of love magic. Theoretically, the Nuuraa can be viewed as an ongoing process of mediation between cultural symbols. A Nuuraa performer inhabits an ambiguous and power-filled socio-ritualistic universe associated with unbridled magical know-how
Aesthetics · Art · Humanities · Literature · MAGIC (telescope) · Mediation · Performing arts · Persona · Power (physics) · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |