The Politics of Ritual 9780691198927, 9780691198910, 9780691248929, 0691198926

The Politics of Ritual 0691198918, 9780691198910

An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political lives The Politics of Ritual is a ma

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The Politics of Reproductive Ritual [Reprint 2019 ed.] 9780520311732

"A welcome addition. They argue that rituals of reproduction in preindustrial societies are essentially political.

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Ritual, Politics, and Power 9780300159707

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

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Showing signs of violence: the cultural politics of a twentieth-century headhunting ritual 9780520200418, 9780520203617

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Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan 9780691218298

This examination of death rituals in early Japan finds in the practice of double burial a key to understanding the Taika

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The Ritual

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Politics and ritual in early medieval Europe 9780907628590

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The ritual institution of society 9781786303141, 1786303140

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The Myth of Ritual Murder 9780300161915

From the mid-fifteenth century to the early seventeenth, German Jews were persecuted and tried for the alleged ritual mu

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The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic 0713448709

The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic is an archaeological study of the material evidence for ritual and magical practices

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