Ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East /
In this book, Lauren Ristvet rethinks the narratives of state formation by investigating the interconnections between ritual, performance and politics in the ancient Near East. She draws on a wide range of archaeological, iconographic and cuneiform sources to show how ritual performance was not set...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Summary: | In this book, Lauren Ristvet rethinks the narratives of state formation by investigating the interconnections between ritual, performance and politics in the ancient Near East. She draws on a wide range of archaeological, iconographic and cuneiform sources to show how ritual performance was not set apart from the real practice of politics, because it was politics. Rituals provided an opportunity for elites and ordinary people to negotiate political authority. Descriptions of rituals from three periods explore the networks of signification that informed different societies. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107065215 (hardback) 1107065216 (hardback) |