4-0470 PERFORMATIVE ECONOMIES: INTERDISCURSIVE FORCES, ILLOCUTIONARY RELATIONS

Friday, November 18, 2011: 10:15-12:00

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Organizers: Luke Fleming (Eckerd College) and James Slotta (University of Chicago)

Chairs: Luke Fleming (Eckerd College) and James Slotta (University of Chicago)

10:15

Enregistering Avoidance: Language Shift and the Performativity of Indigeneity In the Northwest Amazon

Luke Fleming (Eckerd College)

10:30

Monks On Mettle: Performative Economies of Affect In An Exile Tibetan Monastery

Michael P Lempert (University of Michigan)

10:45

Speaking with Respect: The Performativity of Public Candomblé Blessings

Elina I Hartikainen (University of Chicago)

11:00

Chiastic Moments: From Oratorical Hortatory to Moral Imperatives In the Civil Religion of the American Presidency

Michael Silverstein (University of Chicago)

11:15

The Meaning of "Meaning" and the Meaning of "Money" In Post-Colonial Papua New Guinea

James Slotta (University of Chicago)

11:30

Hybrid Performativities, English Use, and Youth Peer Groups In Tamil Nadu, India

Constantine V Nakassis (University of Chicago)

11:45

The New Behan Chod: High-Tech Cursing In India's Globalized Economy

Kira Hall (University of Colorado, Boulder)

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