| Victor Turner Revisited: Ritual as Social Change Contributor(s): Alexander, Bobby C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555406017 ISBN-13: 9781555406011 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $86.13 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1991 Annotation: Victor Turner altered the way ritual is viewed, by emphasizing its role as an agent of social change rather than an agent for conserving the status quo. This book reconsiders and clarifies Turner's theory of ritual in response to its frequent misinterpretation and then demonstrates its usefulness for interpreting such phenomena as ritual possession in a politically militant African-American Pentecostal congregation and the countercultural theatrical experiments of Jerzy Grotowski's Polish Laboratory Theater. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - Social Science | Sociology - General - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General |
| Dewey: 390 |
| LCCN: 91009743 |
| Series: American Academy of Religion Academy Series |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.54" W x 8.48" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Victor Turner altered the way ritual is viewed, by emphasizing its role as an agent of social change rather than an agent for conserving the status quo. This book reconsiders and clarifies Turner's theory of ritual in response to its frequent misinterpretation and then demonstrates its usefulness for interpreting such phenomena as ritual possession in a politically militant African-American Pentecostal congregation and the countercultural theatrical experiments of Jerzy Grotowski's Polish Laboratory Theater. |