Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors
Subtitle: Symbolic Action in Human Society (Symbol, Myth, and Ritual Series)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: October 1975
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780801491511
Subjects: Anthropology; Symbolism; Metaphor; Sociology; Ethnic & Tribal; General; Addresses, essays, lectures; Rites and ceremonies
First sentence: 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.