Overview

This volume consists of a number of carefully-selected readings that represent a wide range of discussions and theorizing about ritual. The selection encompasses definitional questions, issues of interpretation, meaning, and function, and a roster of ethnographic and analytical topics, covering classic themes such as ancestor worship and sacrifice, initiation, gender, healing, social change, and shamanic practices, as well as recent critical and reconstructive theorizing on embodiment, performance, and performativity. In their Introduction to the volume, the Editors provide an overall survey and critical consideration of topics, incorporating insights from their own long-term field research and reflections on the readings included. The Introduction and readings together provide a unique research tool for those interested in pursuing the study of ritual processes in depth, with the benefit of both historical and contemporary approaches.

ISBN-13

9780754627487

ISBN-10

0754627489

Weight

3.10 Pounds

Dimensions

7.00 x 1.75 x 9.75 In

List Price

$455.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

612 pages

Publisher

Routledge

Published On

2010-06-28



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