Absent ritual : exploring the ambivalence and dynamics of ritual /
This book is a presentation of case studies of absent rituals, intended to explore absent ritual as a ritual category of its own by distinguishing forms or types of its manifestation, use and appropriation. Apart from this groundbreaking exploration of a ritual category, this theme of absent ritual...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham, North Carolina :
Carolina Academic Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Carolina Academic Press ritual studies monographs.
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| Summary: | This book is a presentation of case studies of absent rituals, intended to explore absent ritual as a ritual category of its own by distinguishing forms or types of its manifestation, use and appropriation. Apart from this groundbreaking exploration of a ritual category, this theme of absent ritual fits into a broader trend in ritual studies. In addition to a strong focus on ritual repertoires with a sort of 'canonical' status (rites of passage, death rites, pilgrimage, etc.), attention has recently been paid to more problem-oriented and analytical categories of ritual. These categories focus more explicitly on ritual as a process of action and reaction, on different contexts and thus on the ritual dynamics. The contributors to Absent Ritual engage this tradition of ritual categories and approaches with a very topical ritual category in hand, a type of ritual that enters a very prominent field of ritual dynamics. The first part of the book presents the concept and categories of absent ritual and the second part, the core of the book, consists of thematic case studies illustrating and exploring the categories of absent ritual. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781531013646 1531013643 9781531013653 1531013651 |