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Raymond L. M. Lee

2 papers in the library · 3 citations · publishing 1981-2004

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communication and cognitive pluralism in a spirit possession event in Malaysia

American Ethnologist November 1, 1981 S. E. Ackerman, Raymond L. M. Lee

This study is concerned with how diverse definitions of spirit possession events in a factory are organized into predictable equivalence structures. A model of communication is utilized to show how information about possession is exchanged through reciprocal role behaviors at the primary level and through interpretive accounts at the secondary level. This approach emphasizes the complex...