ISBN:
0199943583
,
0199943591
,
9780199943586
,
9780199943593
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 126 pages)
Series Statement:
Very short introductions
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Stephenson, Barry Ritual
DDC:
390
Keywords:
Ritual
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions
;
Ritual
;
Einführung
Abstract:
Alongside description of a number of specific rites, this volume explores ritual from both theoretical and historical perspectives. Barry Stephenson focuses on the places where ritual touches everyday life: in politics and power; moments of transformation in the life cycle; as performance and embodiment. He also discusses the boundaries of ritual, and how and why certain behaviours have been studied as ritual while others have not
Abstract:
Ritualization -- Ritual and the origins of culture -- Ritual and society -- Ritual and transformation -- Definitions, types, domains -- Ritual as performance -- The fortunes of ritual.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
URL:
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