Ritual gone wrong [electronic resource] : what we learn from ritual disruption / Kathryn T. McClymond.
2016
BL600 .M363 2016eb
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Title
Ritual gone wrong [electronic resource] : what we learn from ritual disruption / Kathryn T. McClymond.
ISBN
9780199369515 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 242 pages).
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199790913
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BL600 .M363 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
390
Summary
Rituals go wrong all the time - someone does the wrong thing, says the wrong phrase, or shows up late. Crucial ritual items go missing or get broken, or acts of God conspire to undermine the venue. Most of the time, these mistakes are smoothed over with substitutions or procedural adjustments, and the ritual goes forward. However, ritual theorizing has tended to focus on perfect rituals, rituals as prescribed in sacred texts. 'Ritual Gone Wrong' embraces the fact that rituals rarely go as scripted. In addition, it argues that ritual traditions themselves acknowledge this fact and are often prepared for it, sometimes developing extensive ritual literature on how rituals can be disrupted, how these disruptions can be addressed, and when disruptions have gone too far.
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Rituals go wrong all the time - someone does the wrong thing, says the wrong phrase, or shows up late. Crucial ritual items go missing or get broken, or acts of God conspire to undermine the venue. Most of the time, these mistakes are smoothed over with substitutions or procedural adjustments, and the ritual goes forward. However, ritual theorizing has tended to focus on perfect rituals, rituals as prescribed in sacred texts. 'Ritual Gone Wrong' embraces the fact that rituals rarely go as scripted. In addition, it argues that ritual traditions themselves acknowledge this fact and are often prepared for it, sometimes developing extensive ritual literature on how rituals can be disrupted, how these disruptions can be addressed, and when disruptions have gone too far.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 8, 2016).
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Oxford ritual studies.
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Ritual gone wrong.
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Table of Contents
Negotiating ritual repair: the prayascitta material in the Baudhayana Srauta Sutra
Don't cry over spilled blood: ritual correction in the Mishnah
Blood libel: ritual misrepresentation
Of fists and feathers: the modern Olympic Games
When ritual systems collide: the execution of Saddam Hussein.
Don't cry over spilled blood: ritual correction in the Mishnah
Blood libel: ritual misrepresentation
Of fists and feathers: the modern Olympic Games
When ritual systems collide: the execution of Saddam Hussein.