Rite out of place : ritual, media, and the arts / Ronald L. Grimes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grimes, Ronald L., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rites and ceremonies.

Mass media.

Performing arts.

Physical Description:

xi, 199 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

We have been led to believe that rituals are well-behaved and predictable, but they sometimes behave in unpredictable ways, especially when they emerge in unexpected places. However much rites may seem to be at home in churches, temples, mosques, and synagogues, they are not captives of sacred spaces. Rituals appear on television, stare back at the lens in family photographs, slip into university classrooms, haunt the wilds, and attend movies. Rite out of Place makes provocative discoveries by scouting out some of the unexpected places where ritualizing takes root. Most ritual studies scholarship still focuses on central religious rites. For this reason, Grimes argues, dominant theories, like the data they consider, remain stubbornly conservative. This book issues a challenge to these theories and to popular conceptions of ritual. Grimes writes in an accessible, engaging style, using a broad, interdisciplinary approach. This collection of seminal essays by one of the founders of the discipline appeals to anyone interested in the intersection of ritual and public life.

Contents:

Ritual and the media

Documenting ritual

Shooting rites

Fiddling with fiddler

Ritual in the classroom

Ritualizing September 11

Sequestering sacred space

Putting space in its place

The barn and the lab

Ritual theory and the environment

Performance is currency.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-186) and index.

ISBN:

0195301447

0195301455

OCLC:

61703842

Publisher Number:

9780195301441

9780195301458

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