American Ritual Tapestry

Social Rules and Cultural Meanings

AvMary Jo Deegan,Dan A. Chekki

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

American rituals are vital to the creation and renewal of cultural meanings and rules for social interaction. These rituals are rooted in tradition yet are rapidly changing: a contradiction of hyper-modern society. This phenomenon was first explored by Professor Deegan in her 1989 study American Ritual Dramas. The theory examines both participatory rituals and mass-media rituals to show how everyday people become attached to and alienated from other rituals. Elaborating on the critical dramaturgy theory, the essays in this collection show how patterns can be changed to create a more emancipatory and celebratory society.The topics covered in the collection include an analysis of Santa Claus, skinheads, hate crimes, and strip dancing, among other topics. Each contributor has participated in these rituals and many examine related cultural artifacts such as music, brochures, and so forth. As the essays show, postmodern theory has gratly underestimated the power and coherence of these events. An important study for scholars and other researchers involved with sociological theory, social psychology, and popular culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-09-24
Mått:156 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt:397 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Controversies in Science
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313304651

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

MARY JO DEEGAN is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research interests include theory, methods, women, disability, and the history of sociology. She has published more than 80 articles, chapters, and books, including American Ritual Dramas (Greenwood, 1989) and Women in Sociology (Greenwood, 1991), and coedited With Her in Ourland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Greenwood, 1997).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Weaving the American Ritual Tapestry by Mary Jo DeeganRacism as a Core Code in American RitualWhite Nationalists' Media-Constructed Rituals: The Interplay of Technology and Core Codes by Todd J. SchroerEvil and the American Dream by Michael R. BallSexism as a Core Code in American RitualThe Case of Amateur Stripping: Sex Codes and Egalitarianism in Heterosocial Settings by Thomas C. Calhoun, Rhonda Fisher, and Julie Ann Harms CannonThere She Is: The Miss America Pageant as American Ritual Drama by Lisa K. NielsonAmerican Rituals and GlobalizationThe Americanization of Ritual Culture: The "Core Codes: in American Culture and the Seductive Character of American "Fun" by Mary Jo DeeganAmerican Ritual Drama in Action: The Disney Theme Park by Yochanan AltmanA "Christmas" Story: An Analysis of the Santa Claus Phenomenon by Sharon K. LarsonAmerican Rituals and the Sacred in Hyper-Modern SocietyAmerican Rituals and American Gods by Anthony BlasiA Sacred Myth in Secular Packaging: Gillan's Journey Through the Witch World by Mary Jo DeeganRapidly Changing American RitualsThe Ex-Wife at the Funeral by Agnes RiedmannQuinceañera: The Mexican-American Initiation Ritual of Young Women by Bert WattersBibliographyIndex