Ritual (International Library of Essays in Anthropology)

by Andrew Strathern (Author), PamelaJ.Stewart (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $335.03

  Presents a wide range of discussions and theorizing about ritual. This title covers definitional questions, issues of interpretation, meaning, and function, and a roster of ethnographic and analytical topics, covering classic themes such as ancestor worship and sacrifice, initiation, gender, healing, social change, and shamanic practices.