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Ritual Textuality: Pattern and Motion in Performance - Oxford Ritual Studies Tomlinson, Matt (Australian Research Council Future Fellow in Anthropology, Australian Research Council Future Fellow in Anthropology, The Australian National University)
Ritual Textuality: Pattern and Motion in Performance - Oxford Ritual Studies
Tomlinson, Matt (Australian Research Council Future Fellow in Anthropology, Australian Research Council Future Fellow in Anthropology, The Australian National University)
How do rituals achieve their effects? Matt Tomlinson approaches this classic question from a new angle, arguing that participants condition their own expectations of ritual success by interactively creating distinct textual patterns. He presents vivid examples from Fiji, ranging from a Pentecostal "crusade" to missionary reports of "happy deaths."
186 pages, 15 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 22, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199341139 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 186 |
| Dimensions | 239 × 157 × 18 mm · 446 g |
| Language | English |