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020 _a9781571811653
028 _aInternational Book Distributors
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082 _a306.4 HAN
100 _aDon Handelman
245 _aModels and mirrors
_b : towards an anthropology of public events
_c/Don Handelman
260 _aNew York
_b : Berghahn Books
_c, 1998.
300 _aliv, 330 pages
_b: illustrations
_c; 22 cm
505 _a 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.
520 _aRitual 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..
650 _aSocial Sciences
655 _aCulture
_bHoliday Celebration
700 _aDon Handelman
942 _cBOOK
999 _c49598
_d49598