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Emotions in Rituals and Performances - South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity (Paperback)
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Emotions in Rituals and Performances - South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity (Paperback)
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Challenging the idea that rituals are static and emotions
irrational, the volume explores the manifold qualities of emotions
in ritual practices. Focusing explicitly on the relationship
between emotions and rituals, it poses two central questions.
First, how and to what extent do emotions shape rituals? Second, in
what way are emotions ritualized in and beyond rituals? Strong
emotions are generally considered to be more spontaneous and
uncontrolled, whereas ritual behaviour is regarded as planned,
formalized and stereotyped, and hence less emotional. However, as
the volume demonstrates, rituals often reveal strong emotions among
participants, are motivated by feelings, or are intended to
generate them. The essays discuss the motivation for rituals; the
healing function of emotions; the creation of new emotions through
new media; the aspect of mimesis in the generation of feelings;
individual, collective, and non-human emotions; the importance of
trance and possession; staged emotions and emotions on stage;
emotions in the context of martyrdom; emotions in Indian and
Western dance traditions; emotions of love, sorrow, fear,
aggression, and devotion. Furthermore, aesthetic and sensory
dimensions, as well as emic concepts, of emotions in rituals are
underscored as relevant in understanding social practice.
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