Ritual: Power, Healing and Community 9781101177204

?The stories within these books have the poignancy of new discoveries as well as the unworn imagination of the ancestors

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English Year 2011

Ritual: Power, Healing and Community
9781101177204

In the most comprehensive study of political ritual yet written, David I. Kertzer explains why ritual has been and will

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For good reasons, Americans are growing concerned about the cost of health care and housing. There are many reasons why

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This book examines ritual practices and public festivals in the Otavalo and Cotacachi areas of northern Andean Ecuador&#

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Memory in Medieval China explores memory as performed in various genres of writing, from poetry to anecdotes, from histo

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Experiencing Ritual is Edith Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ri

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This edited collection critically explores the funding arrangements governing contemporary community development and how

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The increasing impact of neoliberalism across the globe means that a complex interplay of democratic, economic and manag

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Belian is an exceptionally lively tradition of shamanistic curing rituals performed by the Luangans, a politically margi

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This interpretation of the cultural and social life of the inhabitants of a small island in the territory of Papua and N

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Gives readers practical steps to learn how to counteract the negative words they have believed about themselves, find fr

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