Book contents
- Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
- Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on the Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introducing Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
- 2 Introduction: Play as the Precursor of Ritual in Early Human Societies
- Part I Play and Ritual: Forms, Foundations and Evolution in Animals and Humans
- Part II Playing with Belief and Performance in Ancient Societies
- Part III The Ritual in the Game, the Game in the Ritual
- Part IV From Play to Faith? Discussion
- 19 Play and Ritual: Some Thoughts from a Material-Culture Perspective
- 20 Believing in Play and Ritual
- 21 The Pentagram of Performance: Ritual, Play and Social Transformation
- Index
- References
19 - Play and Ritual: Some Thoughts from a Material-Culture Perspective
from Part IV - From Play to Faith? Discussion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 December 2017
Book contents
- Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
- Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on the Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introducing Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
- 2 Introduction: Play as the Precursor of Ritual in Early Human Societies
- Part I Play and Ritual: Forms, Foundations and Evolution in Animals and Humans
- Part II Playing with Belief and Performance in Ancient Societies
- Part III The Ritual in the Game, the Game in the Ritual
- Part IV From Play to Faith? Discussion
- 19 Play and Ritual: Some Thoughts from a Material-Culture Perspective
- 20 Believing in Play and Ritual
- 21 The Pentagram of Performance: Ritual, Play and Social Transformation
- Index
- References
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- Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies , pp. 311 - 315Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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