The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure,9780202011905

The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9780202011905
ISBN10: 0202011909
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-12-31
Publisher(s): ROUTLEDGE
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Summary

Victor Turner here examines the rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his concept of Communitas,” which he characterizes as an absolute inter-human relation beyond any form of structure. The Ritual Process has acquired the status of a small classic since first published in 1969. Turner demonstrates how the analysis of ritual behavior and symbolism may be used as a key to understanding social structure and processes. He extends Van Gennep’s notion of the liminal phase” of rites of passage to a more general level, and applies it to gain understanding of a wide range of social phenomena.

Table of Contents

Planes of Classification in a Ritual of Life and Death
1(44)
Paradoxes of Twinship in Ndembu Ritual
44(50)
Liminality and Communitas
94(37)
Communitas: Model and Process
131(35)
Humility and Hierarchy: The Liminality of Status Elevation and Reversal
166(38)
Bibliography 204(5)
Index 209

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