Title: Emotions in rituals and performances /
Authors: Michaels, Axel.; Wulf, Christoph, 1944-
Year: 2012
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies Psychological aspects Congresses.; Emotions Religious aspects Congresses.
Contents: Performative tears: emotions in rituals and ritualized emotions / Axel Michaels -- The emotional meaning of ritual / Birgitt Röttger-Rössler -- Collective emotions in rituals: elicitation, transmission and a "Matthew-effect" / Christian von Scheve -- Memory, mimesis and the circulation of emotions in rituals / Christoph Wulf -- Interplay of emotions and rituals in religious ceremonies of Puṣṭimārga / Anand Mishra -- Rituals, knowledge, and method: the curious case of epistemological sanskritization / Sundar Sarukkai -- One nine-yard Sari, two elephants and ten sips of water: rituals and emotions at a south Indian Hindu temple / Ute Hüsken -- Trance in fire walking rituals of Goddess Tiraupati Ammaṉ: temples in Tamilnadu / M. D. Muthukumaraswamy -- Emotional detachment and expression in Garhwali possession rituals / William Sax -- Ritual virtuosity, emotions and feelings in Shamanic rituals in Nepal / Anne de Sales -- Emotion and healing rituals in Sri Lanka / Eva Ambos --^