Discourse and the construction of society: comparative studies of myth, ritual, and classification

Myth, sentiment, and the construction of social forms -- The politics of myth -- Competing uses of the future in the present -- Ritual, rebellion, resistance : rethinking the Swazi Ncwala -- Banquets and brawls : aspects of ceremonial meals -- Festivals and massacres : reflections on St. Bartholomew...

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Main Author: Lincoln, Bruce 1948- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford New York Auckland Melbourne Toronto Oxford University Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
Reviews:Discourse and the Construction of Society: Comparative Studies of Myth, Ritual, and Classification, Bruce Lincoln, Oxford University Press, 2014 (ISBN 978-0-19-937236-2), xi + 282 pp., pb £23.99 (2017) (Tofighi, Fatima)
Edition:Second edition
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ritual / Society / Myth / Society / Classification / Society
B Myth / Ritual / Society / Classification
Further subjects:B Social Change
B Myth
B Symbolism
B Classification
B Ritual
B Social Structure
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Summary:Myth, sentiment, and the construction of social forms -- The politics of myth -- Competing uses of the future in the present -- Ritual, rebellion, resistance : rethinking the Swazi Ncwala -- Banquets and brawls : aspects of ceremonial meals -- Festivals and massacres : reflections on St. Bartholomew's Day -- Revolutionary exhumations in Spain -- The tyranny of taxonomy -- The dialectics of symbolic inversion -- The uses of anomaly -- The mythic sisterhood of Europe and Asia -- "We are all related" : the limits of inclusion at a Lakota sun dance -- Food, filth, and religious community
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 251-264
ISBN:0199372357