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Berghahn Books Victor Turner and Contemporary Cultural Performance 2008 Edition by Graham St John
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 have had a prodigious interdisciplinary impact. Examining his relevance in studies of performance and popular culture, media, and religion, along with the role of Edith Turner in the Turnerian project, contributors explore how these ideas have been re-engaged, renovated, and repurposed in studies of contemporary cultural performance. Table of contents :- Victor Turner and Contemporary Cultural Performance: An IntroductionGraham St JohnPART I: PERFORMING CULTURE: RITUAL, DRAMA AND MEDIAChapter 1. Toward a Unified Theory of Cultural Performance: A "Reconstructive Introduction" to Victor TurnerJ. Lowell LewisChapter 2. The Ritualization of Performance (Studies)Ian MaxwellChapter 3. Performing "Sorry Business": Reconciliation and Redressive ActionMichael Cohen, Paul Dwyer and Laura GintersChapter 4. Liminality in Media Studies: From Everyday Life to Media EventsMihai ComanChapter 5. Social Drama in a Mediatized World: The Racist Murder of Stephen LawrenceSimon CottlePART II POPULAR CULTURE AND RITES OF PASSAGEChapter 6. Modern Sports: Liminal Ritual or Liminoid Leisure?Sharon RoweChapter 7. Trance Tribes and Dance Vibes: Victor Turner and Electronic Dance Music CultureGraham St JohnChapter 8. Backpacking as a Contemporary Rite of Passage: Victor Turner and Youth Travel PracticesAmie MatthewsChapter 9. Walking to Hill End with Victor Turner: A Theatre-Making Immersion EventGerard BolandPART III: CONTEMPORARY PILGRIMAGE AND COMMUNITASChapter 10. Of Ordeals and Operas: Reflexive Ritualizing at the Burning Man FestivalLee GilmoreChapter 11. "Shopping For A Self": Pilgrimage, Identity-Formation and Retail TherapyJustine Digance and Carole CusackChapter 12. Turner Meets Gandhi: Pilgrimage, Ritual and the Diffusion of Non-Violent Direct ActionSean ScalmerChapter 13. Dramas, Fields, and 'Appropriate Education': The Ritual Process, Contestation, and Communitas for Parents of Special-Needs ChildrenMargi NowakPART IV: EDITH TURNER Chapter 14. An Interview with Edith TurnerMatthew EngelkeChapter 15. Woman/women in "the Discourse of Man": Edie Turner and Victor Turner's Language of the FeminineBarbara BabcockChapter 16. Faith and (Social) Science: Contrasting Victor and Edith Turner's Analysis of Spiritual RealitiesDouglas EzzyChapter 17. Challenging the Boundaries of Experience, Performance, and Consciousness: Edith Turner's Contributions to the Turnerian ProjectJill DubischNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex