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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
67017612 |
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9780202011905 |
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0202011909 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
ALAUL |
| Transcribing agency |
DDC |
| Modifying agency |
LEC |
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301.2 TUR |
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.T82 2009 |
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DDC |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Turner, Victor Witter. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The ritual process : |
| Remainder of title |
structure and anti-structure / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Victor Turner ; with a foreword by Roger D. Abrahams. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Aldine Transaction, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c1997. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 213 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: Aldine Transaction, 1969, and renewed, 1997. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"Second printing 2009" -- Verso of title page. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"In The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner examines rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his concept of "Communitas," which in the meantime has become famous. He characterizes it as an absolute inter-human relation beyond any form of structure. The Ritual Process has acquired the status of a small classic since these lectures were first published in 1969. Turner demonstrates how the analysis of ritual behavior and symbolism may be used as a key to understanding social structure and processes. He extends Van Gennep's notion of the "liminal phase" of rites of passage to a more general level, and applies it to gain understanding of a wide range of social phenomena. Once thought to be the "vestigial" organs of social conservatism, rituals are now seen as arenas in which social change may emerge and be absorbed into social practice. As Roger Abrahams writes in his foreword to the revised edition: "Turner argued from specific field data. His special eloquence resided in his ability to lay open a sub-Saharan African system of belief and practice in terms that took the reader beyond the exotic features of the group among whom he carried out his fieldwork, translating his experience into the terms of contemporary Western perceptions. Reflecting Turner's range of intellectual interests, the book emerged as an exceptional and eccentric in many ways: yet it achieved its place within the intellectual world because it so successfully synthesized continental theory with the practices of ethnographic reports." -- Publisher description. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Rites and ceremonies. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Social structure. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Symbolism. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Ndembu (African people) |
| General subdivision |
Rites and ceremonies. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Abrahams, Roger D. |
| Relator term |
Foreword. |
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Books |
