ANTC31H3 Lecture 9: Lecture 9
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Paper by badone & handleman = 2 different analysis of rituals. Don handleman: argues that within this commonality there are significant variations in the forms rituals actually take, argued we have to pay. Because variations points to different processes and different affects/effects. Badone: describing ritual then showing how rituals encapsulates socio economic ritual. Handleman very influenced by van gennep and turner: building on early structural work. If we look more closely at rituals = subgroups. 1) models: most commonly examined in anthropology, bring about social transformation in one"s role, and ensures shaping. Liminality is marked by high degree of uncertainty, often threatening sense of chaos or things might fa;; out of control, cosmos marked by extreme indeterminacy. Examples: by lineheart that threaten the social order (the dinka). In the incest rituals; muddy rituals threaten social order because it can destroy the entire community.