Ritual Communication examines how people create and express meaning through verbal and non-verbal ritual. Ritual communication extends beyond collective religious expression. It is an intrinsic part of everyday interactions, ceremonies, theatrical performances, shamanic chants, political demonstrations and rites of passage.

Introduction: Ritual CommunicationEllen B. Basso and Gunter Senft1Little RitualsJohn B. Haviland2Everyday Ritual in the Residential WorldN. J. Enfield3Trobriand Islanders' Forms of Ritual CommunicationGunter Senft4"Like a Crab Teaching its Young to Walk Straight": Proverbiality, semantics and indexicality in English and MalayCliff Goddard5Access Rituals in West African Communities: an Ethnopragmatic PerspectiveFelix K. Ameka6Ritual and the Circulation of ExperienceSuzanne Oakdale7Communicative Resonance across Settings: Marriage Arrangement, Initiation and Political Meetings in KenyaCorinne A. Kratz8Ritualised Performances as Total Social Facts: the House of Multiple SpiritsIngjerd Hoëm9"Pengunjuk Rasa" (expression of feelings) in Sumba: "Bloody Thursday" in its Cultural and Historical ContextJoel C. Kuipers10Civility and Deception in two Kalapalo Ritual FormsEllen B. Basso11Private Ritual Encounters, Public Ritual IndexesMichael Silverstein 12"Kantámpranku awiúnkanam enkémturnai..." "While I sing I am Sitting in a Real Air-Plane..." Innovative Contents in Shuar and Achuar Ritual Communication.Maurizio Gnerre13Interior Dialogues: The Co-Voicing of Ritual in SolitudeJohn W. Du Bois Index