Alongside description of a number of specific rites, this volume explores ritual from both theoretical and historical perspectives. Barry Stephenson focuses on the places where ritual touches everyday life: in politics and power; moments of transformation in the life cycle; as performance and embodiment. He also discusses the boundaries of ritual, and how and why certain behaviours have been studied as ritual while others have not.
| Author: Barry Stephenson |
| Publisher: Oxford University Press |
| Publication Date: Feb 25, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 144 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0199943524 |
| ISBN-13: 9780199943524 |
