Blazing the trail : way marks in the exploration of symbols /

Victor Turner (1920-1983) stands as one of the leading anthropologists of the twentieth century, known especially for his work on the process of ritual. This new collection of Turner's writings gathers seven late pieces that reflect his thoughts on such subjects as pilgrimage, sacrifice, and li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turner, Victor W. (Victor Witter), 1920-1983
Otros Autores: Turner, Edith L. B., 1921-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1992.
Colección:Anthropology of form and meaning.
Temas:
Ethnology.
Symbolic anthropology.
Ethnologie.
Symbolisme en anthropologie.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Ethnologie
Symbolismus
Ritual
Symbolik
Aufsatzsammlung
Symbolisme.
Etnografie.
Ethnology
Symbolic anthropology
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Exploring the Trail / Edith Turner
  • 1. Encounter with Freud: The Making of a Comparative Symbologist
  • 2. Death and the Dead in the Pilgrimage Process
  • 3. Variations on a Theme of Liminality
  • 4. African Ritual and Western Literature: Is a Comparative Symbology Possible?
  • 5. Sacrifice as Quintessential Process: Prophylaxis or Abandonment?
  • 6. The Kannokura Festival at Shingu: The Symbolism of Sun, Fire, and Light
  • 7. Morality and Liminality.

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