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Handbook of Disaster Ritual (Paperback)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Handbook of Disaster Ritual presents an overview of relevantliterature, perspectives, methods, concepts, as well as a selection oftopical themes in relation to current disaster rituals. The handbook hasbeen compiled from multi-disciplinary and geographically diverseperspectives and works with broad definitions of the concepts of bothdisaster and ritual. A disaster is defined as an event or situation thatcauses a significant disruption of a society or a group and evokes acollective and/or an individual reaction with expression of mourning,compassion, indignation, protest, call for justice, recovery,reconciliation, and consolation. In this working definition, it is clearthat the impact of a disaster is translated ritually. Disasters bringforth a variety of ritual practices.The Handbook of Disaster Ritual consists of three parts. After anextensive conceptual and historiographical introduction, Part I presentsseveral perspectives on the study of disasters and disaster rituals. InPart II, a team of international scholars presents nineteen case studiesof various disasters and disaster rituals. Part III addresses variousthemes from the case studies that can be seen as key elements indisaster rituals. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9789042946484

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