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Ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East / Lauren Ristvet (University of Pennsylvania).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ristvet, Lauren.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle East--Antiquities.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Politics and government.
- Middle East--History--To 622.
- Ritual--Social aspects--Middle East--History--To 1500.
- Ritual.
- Rites and ceremonies--Middle East--History--To 1500.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Political culture--Middle East--History--To 1500.
- Political culture.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Middle East--History--To 1500.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Political customs and rites--Middle East--History--To 1500.
- Political customs and rites.
- Festivals--Middle East--History--To 1500.
- Festivals.
- Social archaeology--Middle East.
- Social archaeology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- I. Performing politics
- Politics and ritual in the past and present
- The 2500 year celebration at Persepolis
- French Revolution
- Royal processions in Majapahit
- The Fiesta de Santa Fe
- Maya ancestors and patron deities
- Ritual, religion, and practice
- Performative traces
- Movement, history, and tradition
- II. Movement
- An event that models : the Ebla coronation ritual
- Movement and perception
- Kingdoms, cities, artisans, and officials
- Borders, city walls, and open spaces
- Limiting access
- Inclusive spaces
- Beyond the city
- Collective representations: pilgrimages and political power
- Pilgrimages and sacred journeys at Ebla
- The archaeology of pilgrimage at Ebla
- The Syrian ritual
- Materialized symbols : cult centers in the countryside
- Gre Virike
- Hazna
- Jebelet al-Beda
- Tell Banat
- Actors, audience, and mise-en-scene : pilgrimage centers?
- Constructing kingdoms
- Death, ancestors, and power
- Conclusion: Urban spaces, pilgrimage networks and the rise of political complexity
- III. Memory
- An event that presents : the Feast of Istar and the Kispum ritual
- Memory, mourning, and legitimacy
- Political instability
- Tribal politics
- The dynamics of resettlement
- History and the politics of emplacement
- Middle Bronze Age economics
- Collective representations : the past in the past
- Literature, history, and the ancestors
- Divine will and divination
- Materialized symbols : death, ritual and the authority of the past in daily life
- The archaeology of death and ritual
- Ancestors, monuments and politics
- The past, heirlooms and legitimacy
- Actors, audience, and mise-en-scene : ancestors, tribes and politics
- Kings and the politics of commemoration
- Tribes, towns, councils, and ancestors
- Conclusion: Mourning and memory
- IV. Tradition
- An event that re-presents : the Akitu Festival
- Invented traditions
- Hellenistic Babylonia
- The city and countryside
- Settlement, irrigation, and trade
- Seleucid urbanism
- Domestic practices
- Consuming empire? : pottery and foodways
- Figurines and domestic life
- Coins, debt, and payment
- Collective representations : scholarly texts, history, and the transmission of knowledge
- Preserving scholarly knowledge
- Astrology, astronomy, and history
- Materialized symbols : temples and tradition
- Rebuilding the temple
- The temple, the assembly, and civil authority
- Archives, administration, and community
- Actors, audience, and mise-en-scene : kings, priests, and festivals
- Conclusion: Performing tradition
- Community
- Performance and public events in the ancient Near East
- Performing community
- States and instability
- Political strategies
- Continuity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781107588127 (electronic bk.)
- 110758812X (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99994268959
- 40024490395
- 40024486351
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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