Search Results for: The Politics Of Ritual

Examines the history and purpose of political rituals, discusses examples from Aztec cannibal rites to presidential inauguration, and argues that the use of rit

Communist revolutions in this century have suppressed existing ritual and symbolic structures and invented new ones. Armed with new flags, new national celebrat

Menarche and ritual defloration among the Arunta; elopement among the Tiwi.

In The Politics of Ritual Change, John Thames explores the intersection of ritual and politics in the zukru festival texts from Emar and suggests a new understa

An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political lives The Politics of Ritual is a major new account of the political power of