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Marrying & Burying - Rites Of Passage In A Man's Life (Hardcover)
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Marrying & Burying - Rites Of Passage In A Man's Life (Hardcover)
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Significant life passages are marked by ritual in virtually every
culture. Weddings and funerals are just two of the most
institutionalized yet troubled ones in our own society. A wide
variety of rites, both traditional and invented, also mark birth,
coming of age, and other major transitions. In Marrying &
Burying Ronald Grimes, a founder of the new interdisciplinary field
of ritual studies, tells an intensely personal story about the role
of ritual in his own rich and sometimes difficult life. His
critique of ritual impoverishment in North America reveals the
extraordinary potential that ritualizing holds for negotiating and
enriching transitions, both exalted and mundane. Always aware that
no two people's experiences are alike, he encourages readers to
think critically and creatively about the role of ritual in their
own lives. As both subject and theorist, Grimes is unflinchingly
honest as well as generous, unsentimental, and wise. Using an
impressive array of genres, he examines the problems of inventing
the self and of finding rites that can stitch together the torn
pieces of a man's life. Fiction, poetry, journal, and essay create
a multivocal text, a symphonic portrayal of the mysterious and
intransigent human need to ritualize. This is a book for anyone
committed to untangling the meaning of life as actually lived. It
offers the student of contemporary North American spirituality and
culture a rare opportunity not only to follow an experiencing
subject but to glimpse the humanity behind a well-known theorist's
analysis of ritual. It will attract those who study
religion-especially anthropologists, psychologists, and
sociologists-as well as students of gender studies, men's studies,
education, and literature.
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