Beschreibung:
Contributors to this collection examine Victor and Edith Turners' most important theoretical contributions to anthropology, from their work on pilgrimages, liminality, and communitas to insights from their fieldwork. They illustrate the Turners' enduring theoretical contributions and their profound effects on the anthropological perspective.
IntroductionJames PeacockInverted StructuresTalking about the Weather: Radical Critical Empathy and the Reality of Communitas"Rory Turner"Communitas Keeps Revealing Itself": The Unfinished Business of CommunitasMarjorie SnipesFaithFrom Dissection to Discernment: Edie Turner, Victor Turner, and Jonathan Edwards on the Ontological Status of SpiritsStephen GlazierStudying Friendship by Making Friends? Inspirations from Edith Turner's Humanistic AnthropologyXinyan PengPilgrimageJazz PilgrimageFrank A. SalamoneThe Energy of LiminalityRoy WagnerThe Elderly Process: Edith Turner's Last FieldsiteDionisios Kavadias, Charlotte Dawson, and Edie Turner