Ritual and belief : readings in the anthropology of religion /
Ritual and Belief: Readings in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of 41 readings in religion, magic, and witchcraft. The choice of readings is eclectic: no single anthropological approach or theoretical perspective dominates the text. Theoretical significance, scholarly eminence of the aut...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham, Md. :
AltaMira Press,
c2010.
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Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Ritual and Belief: Readings in the Anthropology of Religion is a collection of 41 readings in religion, magic, and witchcraft. The choice of readings is eclectic: no single anthropological approach or theoretical perspective dominates the text. Theoretical significance, scholarly eminence of the author, and inherent interest provide the principal criteria; and each reading complements its companion chapters, which are pedagogically coherent rather than ad hoc assemblages. Included among the theoretical perspectives are structural-functionalism, structuralism, Malinowskian functionalism, cultur. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 511 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780759118577 1282561715 9781282561717 9786612561719 6612561718 0759118574 |