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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Tác giả chính: Turner, Victor W. (Victor Witter), 1920-1983
Tác giả khác: Turner, Edith L. B., 1921-2016
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1992.
Loạt:Anthropology of form and meaning.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2vt037d
Mục lục:
  • 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.