Ritual in Its Own Right Anne N. Lutomia

Ritual in Its Own Right Anne N. LutomiaHistorically, canonic studies of ritual have discussed and explained ritual organization, action, and transformation primarily as representations of broader cultural and social orders. In the present, as in the past, less attention is given to the power of ritual to organize and effect transformation through its own dynamics. Breaking with convention, the contributors to this volume were asked to discuss ritual first and foremost in relation to

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The essays in this volume address a diverse range of issues in China's narrative art and visual culture mainly from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) to the present

Day pairs images with commentary that details the aspects of the work that are visually expounded and explain in Day's images

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the proliferation of borderland populations and nowhere people

systematically addressing issues of oppression

The book analyses the history of violence in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and traces the many situations

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