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Don Handelman

Models and mirrors : towards an anthropology of public events /Don Handelman - New York : Berghahn Books , 1998. - liv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Premises and prepossessions --
Models and mirrors --
Precariousness in play --
The donkey game --
Banana time --
The Palio of Siena --
Christmas mimming in Newfoundland --
Holiday celebrations in Israeli kindergartens --
State ceremonies of Israel- Remembrance Day and Independence Day --
Symbolic types- clowns.

Ritual is one of the most discussed cultural practices, yet its treatment in anthropological terms has been seriously limited, characterized by a host of narrow conceptual distinctions. One major reason for this situation has been the prevalence of positivist anthropologies that have viewed and summarized ritual occasions..

ISBN: 9781571811653

Publisher. No.: International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social Sciences

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Culture--Holiday Celebration

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4 HAN