Readings in Ritual Studies

Readings in Ritual Studies

<P> <B> </B> This is the most comprehensive collection of articles on ritual ever assembled. <B> </B> The book includes selections by internationally known scholars such as Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz, as well as innovative piece s that illustrate the extraordinary interdisciplinary range of contemporary ritual studies. Grimes has drawn readings from the entire range of ritual—encompassing its secular, political and dramatic expressions <I>as well as</I> its religious ones. </P>