Ritual Textuality: Pattern and Motion in Performance (Oxford Ritual Studies)

by Matt Tomlinson (Author)

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  2014

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  How do rituals achieve their effects? Matt Tomlinson approaches this classic question from a new angle, arguing that participants condition their own expectations of ritual success by interactively creating distinct textual patterns. He presents vivid examples from Fiji, ranging from a Pentecostal crusade to missionary reports of happy deaths.