TY - BOOK AU - Coppet,Daniel de TI - Understanding rituals T2 - European Association of Social Anthropologists SN - 0203413210 AV - GN473 .U47 1992eb U1 - 390 20 PY - 1992/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Ritual KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Customs & Traditions KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Rituals KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Ritual as spatial direction and bodily division; From one rite to another: the memory in ritual and the ethnologist's recollection; Brothers and sisters in Brahmanic India; The brother; married-sister relationship and marriage ceremonies as sacrificial rites: a case study from northern India; Transforming Tobelo ritual; Ritual implicates 'Others': rereading Durkheim in a plural society; Name index; Subject index N2 - Within any society, rituals create, maintain and transform cultural identity and social relations. Daniel de Coppet presents six different contributions on how to understand ritual within the frame of contemporary social anthropology UR - http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=178522 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/id/10062913 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=80360 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=6935 UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203413210 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=6935&ref=toc ER -