ISBN:
9780415553780
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (416 p)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ritual matters
Parallel Title:
Print version Ritual Matters : Dynamic Dimensions in Practice
DDC:
203.8
Keywords:
Ritual
;
Ritualisierung
;
Theorie
;
Kongress
;
Leiden 〈2006〉
;
New Delhi 〈2006〉
;
Kulturvergleich
;
Vergleichende Geschichtswissenschaft
;
Interdisziplinäre Forschung
;
Electronic books
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Ritual
;
Wandel
;
Stabilität
Abstract:
〈P〉This book explores the interaction of rituals and ritualised practices utilising a cross-cultural approach. It discusses whether and why rituals are important today, and why they are possibly even more relevant than before. 〈/P〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Change and Stability of Rituals: An Introduction; Part I. Rituals on the Move; 1 Staging Ritual Heritage: How Rituals Become Theatre in Uttarakhand, India; 2 Initiation, 'Re-birth' and the Emergent Congregation: An Analysis of the Svadhyaya Movement in Western India; 3 Transferring and Re-transferring Religious Practice: ISKCON between 'East' and 'West'; 4 'Marginalised Islam': The Transfer of Rural Rituals into Urban and Pluralist Contexts and the Emergence of Transnational 'Communities of Practice'
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Sunni Concepts of Ritual Purity in a Contemporary Diaspora Context6 Old Rituals for New Threats: Possession and Healing in the Cult of Śıtala; 7 Transfer of Ritual in a Local Tradition: Some Observations; Part II. Psychological Aspects of Ritual; 8 The Uses of Ritual; 9 Dynamic of Emotions and Dynamic of Rituals: Do Emotions Change Ritual Norms?; 10 Rituals of Possession; 11 Regarding Ritual Motivation Matters: Agency Concealed or Revealed; Part III. Ritual Economy Beyond the Ritual Frame; 12 The Power of Ritual in Marriage: A Daughter's Wedding in North-west India
Description / Table of Contents:
13 Ritual Economy and South Indian Ritual PracticePart IV. Media and Sensual Dimensions of Ritual Action; 14 Ritual Differs: Beyond Fixity and Flexibility in South Indian Hindu Ritual; 15 'Wedding Design' Online: Transfer and Transformation of Ritual Elements in the Context of Wedding Rituals; 16 Gender, Generation and the Public Sphere: Islamic Values and Literary Response; 17 On the Representation of Presence: The Narrative of Devnarayan as a Multimedia Performance; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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