02216nam 22004453u 450 991046348890332120210113182601.01-134-92663-4(CKB)2670000000519427(EBL)178522(OCoLC)646720042(MiAaPQ)EBC178522(EXLCZ)99267000000051942720140217d2002|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Understanding Rituals[electronic resource]Hoboken Taylor and Francis20021 online resource (129 p.)European Association of Social AnthropologistsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-06120-2 Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Ritual as spatial direction and bodily division; From one rite to another: the memory in ritual and the ethnologist's recollection; Brothers and sisters in Brahmanic India; The brother; married-sister relationship and marriage ceremonies as sacrificial rites: a case study from northern India; Transforming Tobelo ritual; Ritual implicates 'Others': rereading Durkheim in a plural society; Name index; Subject indexUnderstanding Rituals explores how ritual can be understood within the framework of contemporary social anthropology, and shows that ritual is now one of the most fertile fields of anthropological research. The contributors demonstrate how rituals create and maintain - or transform - a society's cultural identity and social relations. By examining specific rituals from various theoretical viewpoints, they reveal the ultimate and contradictory values to which each society as a whole is attached.European Association of Social AnthropologistsRites and ceremoniesRitualElectronic books.Rites and ceremonies.Ritual.301390de Coppet Daniel952583AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910463488903321Understanding Rituals2153487UNINA