| Edition |
Second Edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 282 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Social structure.
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Social structure. |
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Myth.
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Myth. |
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Ritual.
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Ritual. |
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Classification.
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Classification. |
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Symbolism.
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Symbolism. |
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Social change.
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Social change. |
| ISBN |
0199372357 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
|
0199372365 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780199372355 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9780199372362 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780199372379 (ebook) |
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9780199372386 (ebook) |
| Standard No. |
40023995287 |
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9780199372662 |
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