Ritual
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A01=Charles D. Laughlin
A01=Robbie Davis-Floyd
Anthropology (General)
Anthropology of Religion
Author_Charles D. Laughlin
Author_Robbie Davis-Floyd
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Category=JBSR
Category=JHMC
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Sociology
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- ISBN 9781800735309
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 13 Sep 2022
- Publisher: Berghahn Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Designed for both academic and lay audiences, this book identifies the characteristics of ritual and, via multiple examples, details how ritual works on the human body and brain to produce its often profound effects. These include enhancing courage, effecting healing, and generating group cohesion by enacting cultural—or individual—beliefs and values. It also shows what happens when ritual fails.
Robbie Davis-Floyd is Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Anthropology at Rice University, and Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology. She is the author of many books including Ways of Knowing about Birth: Mothers, Midwives, Medicine, and Birth Activism (2018, Waveland).
