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Book Summary of Ritual, Heritage and Identity
This book recognises ritualised performances as transnational and cross- cultural phenomena, which are not only tied to and defined via national territories and identities but which also demand new theoretical and methodological approaches towards the discussion of rituals and heritage. It explores the importance of ritual and ritual theory for discourses of au- thenticity and originality, thereby deepening our insight into concepts of cultural heritage, identity and nation in a globalised world.
The volume is the first interdisciplinary attempt to understand the signifi- cance of rituals and related performative traditions in the creation of grounded cultural identities, and `home` and heritage as geographically experienceable locations. It assembles perspectives from social and cultural anthropology, performance studies, education and the arts which deal with the politics of revitalisation and preservation of ritualised traditions. While some chapters emphasise the ritualisation of cultural heritage by concen- trating on power relations and politics, others explore how rituals as intan- gible heritage are strategically employed by different groups all over the world to make their claims public and to improve and negotiate their posi- tion on a local, national or global platform.
About the Author
Christiane Brosius is Professor and Chair of Visual and Media Anthropology at Karl Jaspers Centre for Advanced Transcultural Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Karin M. Polit is Research Associate in Anthropology at the Centre for Ritual Dynamics and the Institute of Ethnology, Univer- sity of Heidelberg, Germany.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Ritual, Heritage and Identity in a Globalised World
Part I: Framing Heritage isbn
9780415677967
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Pages : 308
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