02558nam 2200565 450 991078788290332120170821191902.00-85745-888-410.1515/9780857458889(CKB)2670000000530538(EBL)1466198(SSID)ssj0001131121(PQKBManifestationID)12419500(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001131121(PQKBWorkID)11111038(PQKB)11057807(MiAaPQ)EBC1466198(DE-B1597)636578(DE-B1597)9780857458889(EXLCZ)99267000000053053820050105e20052004 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRitual in its own right exploring the dynamics of transformation /edited by Don Handelman and Galina LindquistNew York :Berghahn Books,2005.1 online resource (240 p.)"First published in 2004 by Berghahn Books; Social analysis, volume 48, issue 2, summer 2004"--T.p. verso.1-84545-051-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.part I. Theorizing ritual : against representation, against meaning -- part II. Experimenting with ritual : natives here, natives there -- part III. Ritual and emergence : historical, phenomenal -- part IV. Healing in its own right : spirit worlds -- part V. Philosophically speaking. Historically, canonic studies of ritual have discussed and explained ritual organization, action, and transformation primarily as representations of broader cultural and social orders. In the present, as in the past, less attention is given to the power of ritual to organize and effect transformation through its own dynamics. Breaking with convention, the contributors to this volume were asked to discuss ritual first and foremost in relation to itself, in its own right, and only then in relation to its socio-cultural context. The results attest to the variable capacities of rites to effect Rites and ceremoniesRitualCeremonial exchangeRites and ceremonies.Ritual.Ceremonial exchange.306.4Handelman DonLindquist GalinaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787882903321Ritual in its own right3848985UNINA