Relational rituals and communication : ritual interaction in groups

Author(s)

• Kádár, Dániel Z.

Bibliographic Information

Relational rituals and communication : ritual interaction in groups

Dániel Z. Kádár

Palgrave Macmillan, c2013

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-216) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book provides a ground-breaking, interaction-based framework of rituals, drawing on multiple research disciplines. It examines ritual as a relational action constructed in interaction through pre-existing patterns and captures the features of ritual phenomena by analysing interactants' behaviour in culturally and socially diverse contexts.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Defining Ritual from a Relational Perspective 3. In-group Ritual in Operation: Two Case Studies 4. Relational Ritual Typology 5. Recognition, Affectivity and Emotivity 6. Destructive Relational Rituals 7. Conclusion

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BB16936596
• ISBN:
  • 9780230393042
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [Basingstoke]
• Pages/Volumes: x, 224 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 302.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Interpersonal relations
  • LCSH : Ritual
  • LCSH : Verbal behavior