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The hidden powers of ritual : the journey of a lifetime  Cover Image Book Book

The hidden powers of ritual : the journey of a lifetime / Bradd Shore.

Shore, Bradd, 1945- (author.).

Summary:

"An overview of the development and importance of ritual in every day life, written by a leading cognitive anthropologist"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780262546584
  • Physical Description: ix, 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Discovering the power of ritual -- Rethinking behavior -- The Balinese pelebon : the ritual dissolution of a body -- Do nonhuman animals have rituals? -- Ritual combat : gift-exchange as revenge -- Ten powers of ritual -- Nostalgic commemoration : Salem Camp Meeting -- Unforgettable : the Moore's Ford lynching reenactment -- Ritual baseball -- Family Zoom : virtual rituals in the age of the Internet -- Does a ritual always have a meaning? -- Harnessing the powers of ritual.
Subject: Rites and ceremonies.
Ethnopsychology.
Cognition and culture.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Lansdowne Library GN 473 S56 2023 (Text) 26040003428659 Main Collection Volume hold Available -


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