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Author:   James W. Fernandez
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Volume:   No. 374
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9780253203748

ISBN 10:   0253203740
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   22 September 1986
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Acknowledgments Part I. Persuasions 1. Persuasions and Performances: Of the Beast in Every Body and the Metaphors of Everyman 2. The Mission of Metaphor in Expressive Culture Part II. Performances 3. Poetry in Motion: Being Moved by Amusement, Mockery, and Mortality in the Asturian Mountains 4. Syllogisms of Association: Some Modern Extensions of Asturian Deepsong 5. Lexical Fields: And Some Movements About, Within, and Between Them 6. Some Reflections on Looking into Mirrors 7. Edification by Puzzlement 8. Returning to the Whole 9. The Dark at the Bottem of the Stairs: The Inchoate in Symbolic Inquire and Some Strategies for Coping with It 10. Moving up in the world: Transcendence in Symbolic Anthropology 11. Convivial Attitudes: A Northern Spanish Kayak Festival in Its Historical Moment Index

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This is a rich and stimulating collection of articles. - Journal of Ritual Studies

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