Ritual (Hardcover, New Ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The International Library of Essays in Anthropology
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	Pamela J. Stewart
Authors:	Andrew Strathern
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 47mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	612
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-2748-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	0-7546-2748-9
Barcode:	9780754627487

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