Articles

"In this book, Lauren Ristvet rethinks the narratives of state formation by investigating the interconnections between ritual, performance, and politics in the... 
Pilgrims and pilgrimages | Rites and ceremonies | Political culture | Festivals | Middle East Politics and government | Social archaeology | Ritual | Middle East History | Political customs and rites | History | Social aspects | Middle East Antiquities | Archaeology | Middle East | To 1500

Comparative approaches to political rituals and ceremonies in Byzantium and other court cultures of the Mediterranean basin form the subject of this collective... 
Rites and ceremonies | Power (Social sciences) | Byzantine Empire Court and courtiersHistory | Byzantine Empire Civilization | Byzantine Empire Social life and customs | Mediterranean Region Civilization | Comparative civilization | Political customs and rites | History | Social change | Byzantine Empire Politics and government | Social life and customs | Court and courtiers | Byzantine Empire

Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented... 
Rites and ceremonies | Origin | Folklore | Manners and customs | History | Sociology

What activities did the women of ancient Greece perform in the sphere of ritual, and what were the meanings of such activities for them and their culture? By... 
Women | Rites and ceremonies | Greek literature | Women and literature | Religion in literature | Religious life | Women in literature | Religion and literature | History and criticism | Rites and ceremonies in literature | Greece

Bardwell L. Smith offers a fresh perspective on mizuko kuyo, the Japanese ceremony performed to bring solace to those who have experienced miscarriage,... 
Buddhism | Buddhist women | Religious aspects | Abortion | Religious life | Fetal propitiatory rites | Religion & beliefs | religious studies | Japan

Among the most socially and personally vocal archaeological remains on the North American continent are the massive and often complexly designed earthen... 
Rites and ceremonies | Miami River Valley (Ohio) Antiquities | Hopewell culture | Indians of North America | Scioto River Valley (Ohio) Antiquities | Material culture | Funeral customs and rites | History | Antiquities | Ohio | Miami River Valley (Ohio) | Scioto River Valley (Ohio) | Archaeology | Social Sciences, general | Anthropology

Rites and ceremonies | Ritual | Manners and customs

Art, African | Chokwe (African people) | Art, Chokwe | Social life and customs

Rites and ceremonies | Former Soviet republics Social life and customs | Economic aspects | Post-communism | Economic anthropology | Social aspects | Europe, Eastern Social life and customs

Rites and ceremonies | Marriage customs and rites | Ritual | Initiation rites | Africa Religious life and customs | Africa Social life and customs

This volume draws together ethnographies of female initiation rites in Melanesia which require anthropologists to rethink their analysis of initiations and... 
Women | Rites and ceremonies | Initiation rites | Puberty rites | Social conditions | Female circumcision | Papua New Guinea

"Ngoma" in Bantu means drum, song performance and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa, ngoma is... 
Rites and ceremonies | Healing | Traditional medicine | Rites and cremonies | Sociology, Social Studies | Africa, Central | Anthropology | Folk medicine | Africa, Southern | SOCIAL SCIENCE

Rites and ceremonies | Cross-cultural studies | Power (Social sciences) | Kings and rulers

Rites and ceremonies | Initiation rites | Sambia (Papua New Guinean people) | Puberty rites | Attitudes | Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) | Women, Sambia | Women, Hamtai | Secret societies | Eastern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs | Social conditions

From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the life-cycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accompanied by ritual.... 
Marriage customs and rites | Rites and ceremonies | Birth customs | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Church of England RitualsHistory | England Social life and customs | History | Social and Cultural History | Early Modern History (1500 to 1700) | 17th century

This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology and religion. Part of its... 
Death | Funeral rites and ceremonies

Rites and ceremonies | Sepik River Valley (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs | Gnau (Papua New Guinean people) | Symbolism | Puberty rites