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Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors : Symbolic Action in Human Society
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Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors : Symbolic Action in Human Society Paperback - 1975 - 1st Edition

by Turner, Victor

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  • Title Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors : Symbolic Action in Human Society
  • Author Turner, Victor
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cornell University Press, Ithaca
  • Date 1975-10-31
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP96081058
  • ISBN 9780801491511 / 0801491517
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.51 x 0.85 in (20.88 x 14.00 x 2.16 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Death/Dying
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 75001623
  • Dewey Decimal Code 301.21

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In this chapter I shall trace some of the influences that led to the formulation of concepts I developed in the course of my anthropological field work and to consider how they may be used in the analysis of ritual symbols.

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About the author

Victor Turner (1920-1983) was professor of religion and anthropology at the University of Chicago. He authored many books, including The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual, Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society, and Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual, all published by Cornell.