| Description |
x, 293 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : secular ritual, forms and meanings / Sally F. Moore and Barbara G. Myerhoff -- Against "ritual" : loosely structured thoughts on a loosely defined topic / Jack Goody -- Variations on a theme of liminality / Victor Turner -- Transformation, hierarchy and transcendence : a reformulation of Van Gennep's model of the structure of rites de passage / Terence S. Turner -- Ritual and ambiguity in Lugbara society / J. Middleton -- First class to Maradana : secular drama in Sinhalese healing rites / Bruce Kapferer -- Ceremonies of confrontation and submission : the symbolic dimension of Indian-Mexican political interaction / Eva Hunt -- Political meetings and the simulation of unanimity, Kilimanjaro 1973 / Sally Falk Moore -- On political rituals in contemporary Mexico / Evon Z. Vogt and Suzanne Abel -- The least common denominator / Elizabeth Colson |
| Notes |
Papers originally presented at a conference entitled Secular rituals considered, Aug. 24-Sept. 1, 1974 at Burg Wartenstein, Austria |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 283-293 |
| Subject |
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Congresses.
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Associations, institutions, etc.
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Rites and ceremonies -- Congresses.
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Rites and ceremonies.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Moore, Sally Falk, 1924- editor
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Myerhoff, Barbara G., editor
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| LC no. |
77379589 |
| ISBN |
9023214579 |
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