Ritual Textuality: Pattern And Motion In Performance (Oxford Ritual Studies)

How do rituals achieve their effects? Matt Tomlinson approaches this classic question from a new angle, arguing that participants condition their own expectations of ritual success by interactively creating distinct textual patterns. He presents vivid examples from Fiji, ranging from a Pentecostal 'crusade' to missionary reports of 'happy deaths.'

• | Author: Matt Tomlinson
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 18, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 188 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0199341141
• | ISBN-13: 9780199341146