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Author La Fontaine, J. S. (Jean Sybil), 1931-

Title The interpretation of ritual: essays in honour of A.I. Richards / edited by J.S. La Fontaine
Published [London] : Tavistock Publications, [1972]

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Description xviii, 296 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction, by J.S. La Fontaine.--Verbal and bodily rituals of greeting and parting, by R. Firth.--Greeting, begging, and the presentation of respect, by E. Goody.--Twinship and symbolic structure, by A. Southall.--Spirit, twins, and ashes in Labwor, Northern Uganda, by R.G. Abrahams.--Belief and the problem of women, by E. Ardener.--Ritualization of women's life-crises in Bugisu, by J.S. La Fontaine.--The wedding cakes: a study of ritual change, by M. Wilson.--The significance of kava in Tongan myth and ritual, by E. Bott and E. Leach.--Psychoanalysis and ceremony, by E. Bott.--The structure of symbolism, by E. Leach.--A rejoinder to Edmund Leach, by E. Bott.--Appendix, by E. Leach.--Bibliography of the principal writings of Audrey Richards, by P.H. Gulliver. (p. [285]-289)
Analysis Rituals Festschriften
Notes "Bibliography of the principal writings of Audrey Richards, by P.H. Gulliver": p.285-289
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel), 1899-1984 -- Bibliography.
Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel), 1899-1984.
Ritual.
Symbolism.
Genre/Form Festschriften.
Bibliographies.
Author Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel), 1899-1984.
LC no. 72179016
ISBN 0422738808
9780422738804