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Models and mirrors : towards an anthropology of public events /Don Handelman

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002Publication details: New York : Berghahn Books , 1998.Description: liv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781571811653
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.4 HAN
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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..
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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..

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