Rituals and traditional events in the modern world / edited by Jennifer Laing and Warwick Frost.
"Many events have evolved over centuries, drawing on local customs and conditions. However, as the world becomes increasingly globalised, traditional events and the identities they support are increasingly being challenged and rituals may be lost. Reacting against this trend towards homogeneity...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- From Pre-Modern Rituals to Modern Events / Warwick Frost, Jennifer Laing
- 2 Ganesh Festival : A Ten Day Extravaganza, A Life Full of Meanings / Kiran Shinde
- Divali Festival in Mauritius : The Development of a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Attitudes Towards and Intentions to Celebrate Traditional Cultural Festivals / Haywantee Ramkissoon
- Transforming Tradition : Performing Wedding Ritual in Modern China / Yujie Zhu, Yu Hua
- Recreation of Traditional Ritual into Festival : The Case of Kangnung Danoje Festival in South Korea / Sunny Lee, Aise Kim
- Wishing You Health, Wealth, Success and Happiness : Exploring the Rituals and Traditions of Chinese New Year / Leanne White, Daniel Leung
- Catholic Processions in Macau / Ubaldino Couto
- Christmas Traditions : Pagan Roots, Invented Rites / Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost
- Beyond the Masks : Continuity and Change in a Sardinian Rite / Monica Iorio, Geoffrey Wall
- Layers of Passage : The Ritual Performance and Liminal Bleed of the Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh / Ross Tinsley, Catherine Matheson
- Hogmanay Rituals : Scotland's New Year's Eve Celebrations / Elspeth Frew, Judith Mair
- Punishment and the Rite of Purification at the Angola Prison Rodeo / Mary Gould
- Mardi Gras Indians : Rituals of Resistance and Resilience in Changing Times / Sue Beeton
- Gender, Subversion and Ritual : Helldorado Days, Tombstone, Arizona / Warwick Frost, Jennifer Laing
- Voodoo in Haiti : A Religious Ceremony at the Service of the "Houngan" called "Tourism" / Hugues Séraphin, Emma Nolan
- Setting a Research Agenda for Rituals and Traditional Events / Jennifer Laing, Warwick Frost.