Author:
Lincoln, Bruce.
Edition Statement:Second Edition.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Descriptionxvi, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Myth, sentiment, and the construction of social forms -- The politics of myth -- Competing uses of the future in the present -- Ritual, rebellion, resistance : rethinking the Swazi Ncwala -- Banquets and brawls : aspects of ceremonial meals -- Festivals and massacres : reflections on St. Bartholomew's Day -- Revolutionary exhumations in Spain -- The tyranny of taxonomy -- The dialectics of symbolic inversion -- The uses of anomaly -- The mythic sisterhood of Europe and Asia -- "We are all related" : the limits of inclusion at a Lakota sun dance -- Food, filth, and religious community.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
