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Divining Troubles, or Divining troubles? Emergent and conflictual dimensions of Bangladeshi divination
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Divination is more dialogical than some diviners or anthropologists have made it appear I analyze the transcript of one Bangladeshi divination event, comparing it with a dozen others performed by one diviner, Delwar, revealing how tenuously he manages to assign a single meaning to troubles, especially when clients openly compare his declarations with their intimate knowledge of those troubles. I explain how divinations could appear to be texts rather than emergent products of interaction. Diviners entextualize their declamations, doing their best to keep context at bay. Anthropologists who ...
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