Ritual theory, ritual practice / Catherine Bell; foreword by Diane Jonte-Pace
1992, Reprint. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #354234
ISBN: 0195076133
Physical description: xvi, 270 pages. Contents: I. The Practice of Ritual Theory. 1. Constructing Ritual. 2. Constructing Meaning. 3. Constructing Discourse. Notes -- II. The Sense of Ritual. 4. Action and Practice. 5. The Ritual Body. 6. Ritual Traditions and Systems. Notes -- III. Ritual and Power. 7. Ritual Control. 8. Ritual, Belief, and Ideology. 9. The Power of Ritualization. Notes. Subjects: Anthropology Methodology. Ritual Sociological aspects. Methodology. Sociology.
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