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Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic- 9780801408168, Victor Turner, hardcover
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- ISBN
- 9780801408168
- Book Title
- Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors : Symbolic Action in Human Society
- Book Series
- Symbol, Myth and Ritual Ser.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 1974
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Social Science
- Topic
- Death & Dying, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology of Religion
- Item Weight
- 32 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801408164
ISBN-13
9780801408168
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1266882
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors : Symbolic Action in Human Society
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1974
Topic
Death & Dying, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology of Religion
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science
Book Series
Symbol, Myth and Ritual Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
32 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
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Trade
LCCN
73-016968
Reviews
In the present volume, Turner's remarkably original and wide-ranging mind examines social dramas, usually centering around religious personalities or sacred places, from medieval England to revolutionary Mexico to Zambia, in search of transitions between structure and anti-structure or 'communitas' and the symbols engendered by these processes.
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Synopsis
In this book, Victor Turner is concerned with various kinds of social actions and how they relate to, and come to acquire meaning through, metaphors and paradigms in their actors' minds; how in certain circumstances new forms, new metaphors, new paradigms are generated. To describe and clarify these processes, he ranges widely in history and geography: from ancient society through the medieval period to modern revolutions, and over India, Africa, Europe, China, and Meso-America. Two chapters, which illustrate religious paradigms and political action, explore in detail the confrontation between Henry II and Thomas Becket and between Hidalgo, the Mexican liberator, and his former friends. Other essays deal with long-term religious processes, such as the Christian pilgrimage in Europe and the emergence of anti-caste movements in India. Finally, he directs his attention to other social phenomena such as transitional and marginal groups, hippies, and dissident religious sects, showing that in the very process of dying they give rise to new forms of social structure or revitalized versions of the old order., In this book, Victor Turner is concerned with various kinds of social actions and how they relate to, and come to acquire meaning through, metaphors and paradigms in their actors' minds; how in certain circumstances new forms, new metaphors, new...
LC Classification Number
HM291
Copyright Date
1975
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