Marrying & Burying : Rites Of Passage In A Man's Life

著者名：Grimes, Ronald L.

Routledge（2019/03/13発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367159856
• eISBN：9780429720710

Description

Significant life passages are marked by ritual in virtually every culture. Weddings and funerals are just two of the most institutionalized yet troubled ones in our own society. A wide variety of rites, both traditional and invented, also mark birth, coming of age, and other major transitions. In Marrying & Burying Ronald Grimes, a founder of the n

Table of Contents

Beginning -- Initiating -- Cowboy Christianity -- Good Guys and the Wiles of Perfection -- Guardian of the Thresholds -- Zen Clown -- Marrying -- Marrying by the Book -- Blood Wedding -- A Wedding that Weds -- Burying -- Bird Droppings on the Buddha -- A Funeral Undone -- Words for A Bundling Rite -- Oh, Give Me A Home -- Birthing -- Firstborn -- Birth by Belly -- Birth by Hand -- Cord-Cutting -- Practicing -- The Poetics of Monotony -- Ritual Practice -- The Politics of Practice -- Ending