Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic and contemporary readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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... ritual in the lives of the villagers in 1952 was striking . Hardly a week passed in a small neighborhood without a ritual drum being heard in one or another of its villages . By " ritual " I mean prescribed formal behav- ior for ...
... ritual in the lives of the villagers in 1952 was striking . Hardly a week passed in a small neighborhood without a ritual drum being heard in one or another of its villages . By " ritual " I mean prescribed formal behav- ior for ...
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... ritual they assert the situational primacy of a single aspect or of a few aspects only , but by their mere presence they suffuse those aspects with the awe that can only be inspired by ... ritual Symbols in Ndembu Ritual , Victor Turner 551.
... ritual they assert the situational primacy of a single aspect or of a few aspects only , but by their mere presence they suffuse those aspects with the awe that can only be inspired by ... ritual Symbols in Ndembu Ritual , Victor Turner 551.
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... ritual process with the process of mourning , equate ritual with the obligatory , and ignore the relation between ritual and everyday life . The bias that favors formal rit- ual risks assuming the answers to questions that most need to ...
... ritual process with the process of mourning , equate ritual with the obligatory , and ignore the relation between ritual and everyday life . The bias that favors formal rit- ual risks assuming the answers to questions that most need to ...
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Part | 5 |
CHARLES DARWIN AND ALFRED WALLACE On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties | 11 |
Outlook 18451846 | 67 |
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