Ritual in its own right : exploring the dynamics of transformation / / edited by Don Handelman and Galina Lindquist

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4
• Soggetto topico: Rites and ceremonies; Ritual; Ceremonial exchange
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HandelmanDon; LindquistGalina
• Note generali: "First published in 2004 by Berghahn Books; Social analysis, volume 48, issue 2, summer 2004"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Ritual in its own right
• ISBN: 0-85745-888-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910493674703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II