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David (Hrsg.) Parkin

The Politics of Cultural Performance

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The line between what is regarded by people as traditional and modern is constantly being altered by new configurations of power. These essays examine the ways in which such changes are both communicated and created through cultural performances in diverse ethnographic settings. Examples are drawn from a wide range of forms and expressions: divinatory sequences, spirit possession rites, state ceremonials, village feasts, pilgrimages, language-use and craft specialisms. It was Abner Cohen, to whom this volume is dedicated, who first suggested that a dialectical relationship existed between power and symbolism. This concept, as developed in his… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-57181-925-3
  • EAN: 9781571819253
  • Produktnummer: 15971698
  • Verlag: Berghahn Books Inc
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
  • Seitenangabe: 294 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.8 cm 424 g
  • Gewicht: 424

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David Parkin is Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

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