The structure of ritual and the epistemological approach to ritual study
Abstract With cases collected from long-term fieldwork on two ethnic groups of China, the Flora-belt Dai and the Ao Yao, this paper analyzes predominant definitions of “ritual.” It discusses such issues as ritual’s technique versus the supernatural, the sacred versus the profane, symbol and metaphor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-08-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Chinese Sociology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40711-018-0081-x |