![]() ![]() ![]() As found in key monographs and numerous essays, his influential formulations on the ontological value of ritual symbolism, ¿liminality,¿ and culture were shaped by a lifelong passion for poetry, the classics, and stage drama. Turner became a prolific contributor to the comparative anthropology of ritual, symbol, and performance and had a prodigious impact across a spectrum of disciplines, from anthropology, religious and theological studies, to cultural, literary, and performance studies, to folklore, literary criticism, and neurosociology. 1983) was a symbolic anthropologist whose comparative investigations of ritual and cultural performance left a unique impression in the social and human sciences, and across the arts. In this posthumous collection, Turner continues his quest for 'a liberated anthropology,' a cause helped in part by the recent postmodern consciousness." - American Theatre. ![]() No internal inscriptions, markings or stains. Slight tropical speckling to top Page Edge only, otherwise, clean, clear text in tightly bound volume. ![]()
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