Title: Ritual criticism : case studies in its practice, essays on its theory /
Authors: Grimes, Ronald L., 1943-
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies.; Rites and ceremonies Study and teaching.; Rites and ceremonies North America Case studies.; North America Religious life and customs.
Contents: The practical and cultural contexts of ritual criticism -- Ritual criticism of a Catholic liturgical evaluation -- Ritual criticism of field excavations and museum displays -- Ritual criticism of experiments in workshops and classrooms -- Illness, embodiment, and ritual criticism -- Narrative and ritual criticism -- Drama and ritual criticism -- Infelicious performances and ritual criticism -- The scholarly contexts and practices of ritual criticism.