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Subject(s)

• Processions, Religious—Greece [Browse]
• Processions, Religious—Rome [Browse]
• Political customs and rites—Greece [Browse]
• Political customs and rites—Rome [Browse]
• Communities [Browse]

Editor

• Muñiz Grijalvo, Elena [Browse]
• Campo Tejedor, Alberto del [Browse]

Series

Routledge monographs in classical studies [More in this series]

Summary note

"This volume elucidates how the ritual of processions, from antiquity to the present, in polytheist religions and early Christianity, contribute to creating consensus with regards to both political power and communitarian experiences. Many classical sources often only tangentially allude to processions, focusing instead on other aspects of these rituals such as sacrifice. This book adopts a comparative approach, bringing together historians of antiquity and later periods as well as social anthropologists working on contemporary societies, analysing both ancient and modern examples of how rituals, symbols, actors, and spectators interact in the construction of communities. The different examples explored in this study illustrate the performative capacity of processions to construct reality: the protagonism of image and movement, the design of cultic itineraries, and the active participation of members of the public. In studying these examples, readers develop an understanding of how power is exercised and perceived, the extent of its legitimacy, and the limits of community in a variety of case studies. Processions and the Construction of Communities in Antiquity is of interest to students and scholars of the classical and early Christian worlds, especially those working on cult, religion, and community formation. The volume also appeals to social anthropologists interested in these issues across a broader chronology"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781032294490 (hardcover)
• 1032294493 (hardcover)
• 9781032294506 (paperback)
• 1032294507 (paperback)

LCCN

2022059860

OCLC

1378022402

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