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RITUALS OF ROYALTY
POWER AND CEREMONIAL IN TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES |
| By: |
Mr David Cannadine (Editor), Simon Price (Editor), Lyndal Roper |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521428912 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521428910 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
23 April, 1992 |
| Series: |
Past and Present Publications |
| Pages: |
364 |
| Description: |
These essays address the central problem in the understanding of royal rituals, namely the relation between power and ceremonial. The traditional societies examined range from ancient Babylon to 19th-century Madagascar, from medieval Europe to contemporary Ghana. |
| Synopsis: |
Heads of state today mark their rites of passage with splendid ceremonial, from Reagan's inaugural to Andropov's funeral. Such spectacles continue to be a prominent part of modern political systems, of varied ideological hue, but their precise meaning and importance often remain unclear. The essays in this book - all specially written for it - address the central problem in the understanding of royal rituals, namely the relation between power and anthropologists, and the traditional societies examined range from ancient Babylon to nineteenth-century Madagascar, from medieval Europe to contemporary Ghana. |
| Illustrations: |
25 half-tones, 3 tables, 6 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |