Investigating ritual in Greece from cross-disciplinary and transhistorical perspectives, "Greek Ritual Poetics" offers novel readings of the pivotal role of ritual in Greek traditions by exploring a broad spectrum of texts, art, and social practices. This collection of essays written by an international group of leading scholars in a number of disciplines presents a variety of methodological approaches to secular and religious rituals, and to the narrative and conceptual strategies of their reenactment and manipulation in literary, pictorial, and social discourses. Addressing understudied aspects of Greek ritual and societies, this book will prove significant for classicists, anthropologists, Byzantinists, art historians, neohellenists, and comparatists interested in the interaction between ritual, aesthetics, and cultural communicative systems.
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Investigating ritual in Greece from cross-disciplinary and transhistorical perspectives, "Greek Ritual Poetics" offers novel readings of the pivotal role of ritual in Greek traditions by exploring a broad spectrum of texts, art, and social practices. This collection of essays written by an international group of leading scholars in a number of disciplines presents a variety of methodological approaches to secular and religious rituals, and to the narrative and conceptual strategies of their reenactment and manipulation in literary, pictorial, and social discourses. Addressing understudied aspects of Greek ritual and societies, this book will prove significant for classicists, anthropologists, Byzantinists, art historians, neohellenists, and comparatists interested in the interaction between ritual, aesthetics, and cultural communicative systems.
Imprint | Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Hellenic Studies Series |
Release date | October 2005 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | October 2005 |
Editors | Dimitrios Yatromanolakis, Panagiotis Roilos |
Dimensions | 144 x 229 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 492 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-01792-4 |
Barcode | 9780674017924 |
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LSN | 0-674-01792-7 |