On ritual : a microhistorical approach / by Bruce Lincoln.
| Author/creator | Lincoln, Bruce author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] |
| Description | 172 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Supplements to method & theory in the study of religion, 2214-3270 Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion. ^A1278864 |
| Contents | Julia's funeral, Rome, 69 B.C.E. -- Retrieving Alicia's soul, highland Guatemala, July 1946 -- Krichinsky Thanksgivings, Baltimore, late 1940s and early 1950s -- The Malagan for Bukbuk, New Ireland, April 1979 -- A Lakota naming ceremony, summer 1991. |
| Abstract | "Close, microhistorical examination of the way rituals are actually performed goes well beyond the standard, ideal description of such ceremonies to reveal participants who modify the proceedings in shrewd, subtle, strategic ways that advance their own interests, sometimes going so far as to challenge, even subvert the protocols, traditions, and values favored by presiding officials. The wide-ranging set of examples includes a Roman funeral, a Mesoamerican healing ceremony, a Jewish-American Thanksgiving dinner and others, each of which receives meticulously detailed consideration. Each one has its own engaging characters, intricate maneuvers, analytically revealing developments, and moments of high drama"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-165) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Lincoln, Bruce. On ritual Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] 9789004723931 |
| LCCN | 2025002704 |
| ISBN | 9789004723948 |
| ISBN | 9004723943 |
| ISBN | 9789004723924 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9004723927 |
| ISBN | (e-book) |
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