Communitas : the anthropology of collective joy / Edith Turner.

ISBN:

9780230339088

Title:

Author:

Turner, Edith L. B., 1921-

Personal Author:

Turner, Edith L. B., 1921-

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Physical Description:

xiv, 258 p. ; 22 cm.

Series:

Contemporary anthropology of religion

Contents:

ch. 1 Contrasts: Communitas and False Communitas -- ch. 2 Festivals: July 4th, Carnival, and Clown -- ch. 3 Music and Sport: Being in the Zone -- ch. 4 The Communitas of Work: Surprising Conclusions -- ch. 5 The Communitas of Disaster -- ch. 6 The Sacredness of the People: The Communitas of Revolution and Liberation -- ch. 7 The Communitas of Nonviolence -- ch. 8 The Communitas of Nature -- ch. 9 Rites of Passage: Communitas in Times of Change -- ch. 10 Alignment: Turn the Key and the Door Opens.

Subject Term:

Experience.

Ethnology -- Philosophy.

Ethnology -- Methodology.

Collective behavior.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2011

Publication Information:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Summary

Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly.

Author Notes

Edith Turner is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Virginia, USA, specializing in the study of ritual, religion, and consciousness. She has been researching the field of symbol/ritual for nearly 60 years - formerly in collaboration with her husband, renowned anthropologist Victor Turner - and has conducted fieldwork in Zambia, Northern Alaska, rural Ireland, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. She was editor in chief of the journal, A+nthropology and Humanism , and is author of Heart of Lightness: The Life of an Anthropologist (2006), Among the Healers: Stories of Spiritual and Ritual Healing around the World (2005), and a contributor to Shamanism: A Reader (2003).