American Ritual Dramas: Social Rules and Cultural Meanings

by Mary Jo Deegan

Deegan attempts a most unlikely synthesis of the cynical theories of Erving Goffman and the community-affirming views of Victor Turner. Moreover, in testing the result in the context of modern American rituals, Deegan adds a good measure of Marxist-oriented feminism to provide strong structural connections and depth to the analysis. The end result of this difficult and rough-edged synthesis is not without flaws, but it represents a highly creative,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031326337X
• ISBN13: 9780313263378
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.