“The chapters in this book are rather ingeniously organized into sections that take the reader from the center of the Wauja’s village progressively outward into the PIX, Amazonia, and ultimately to foreign spaces, focusing at each step on how Wauja manage their social relations with others through ritualized language and exchange.”—Eric Hoenes del Pinal, The Latin Americanist
“As a study of language, ritual, and relation building, the book delivers what it promises. Ball has done a fine job of creating a thread of connection through very disparate subjects, and his authorial voice is very appealing.”—Jack David Eller, Reading Religion
