by Maurice Bloch · Taylor & Francis Group · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781845200213
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«Ritual, History and Power: Selected Papers in Anthropology» is the collection of anthropology essays by Laura Bear and Maurice Bloch (260 pages).
It brings together essays exploring the relationship between ritual, history and power based on ethnographic work in Madagascar. It analyses ceremonies such as the royal bath and circumcision in the Merina kingdom, and concepts such as hierarchy, traditional authority, death and fertility, showing how ritual articulates descent groups and power dynamics.
Belongs to the LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology series (No. 39). Hardback edition. Published in 1989.
For anthropologists, historians and social science students interested in ritual and power.
