"How can sites of waste disposal be marked to prevent contamination in the future? The United States government addressed this challenge in planning for nuclear waste repositories. Consulting with experts in imagining future scenarios, in language and communication, and in anthr…
"How can sites of waste disposal be marked to prevent contamination in the future? The United States government addressed this challenge in planning for nuclear waste repositories. Consulting with experts in imagining future scenarios, in language and communication, and in anthr…
"How can sites of waste disposal be marked to prevent contamination in the future? The United States government addressed this challenge in planning for nuclear waste repositories. Consulting with experts in imagining future scenarios, in language and communication, and in anthr…
4e de couv. : Upon the 25th anniversary of his passing, this collection features contributions reflecting the wide application of Victor Turner's thought to cultural performance in the early 21st Century. From anthropology, sociology and religious studies to performance, cultura…
In the twenty years following Victor Turner's death, interventions on the interconnected performance modes of play, drama, and community (dimensions of which Turner deemed the limen), and experimental and analytical forays into the anthropologies of experience and consciousness,…
Victor Turner and contemporary cultural performance
Upon the 25th anniversary of his passing, this collection addresses the wide application of Victor Turner's thought to cultural performance in the early 21st century. From anthropology, sociology, and religious studies to performance, cultural, and media studies, Turner's ideas …
[This book is an] overview of the power and meaning of symbols in all human societies. [It] describes how symbols - images, words, or behaviors with multi-layered meanings - are mechanism of communication. [The author] demonstrates how we experience the power of symbols in all a…
Written from an anthropological perspective, Mari Womack gives an accessible introduction to the social, conceptual and psychological dynamics of symbols.
Written from an anthropological perspective, Mari Womack gives an accessible introduction to the social, conceptual and psychological dynamics of symbols.
