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Ritual Ethnography

Ritual Ethnography is a subfield of ethnographic folklore studies that systematically documents and analyzes culturally specific, performative practices organized around recurrent symbolic actions and prescribed forms within particular social and religious contexts.

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The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays.

Elizabeth Colson, Clifford Geertz · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1975 · 9.2K citations

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Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior.

Edward A. Tiryakian, Erving Goffman · American Sociological Review · 1968 · 7.6K citations

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The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual

Dan Ben-Amos, Victor Turner · Western Folklore · 1970 · 4.3K citations

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Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice

James V. Spickard, Catherine Bell · Sociology of Religion · 1993 · 3.4K citations

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Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions

Frederick Bird, Catherine Bell · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1999 · 1.4K citations

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  1. RA
    Roy A. Rappàport

    University of Michigan, United States

    6 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. JC
    J. C. Heesterman

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    5 publications · 318 citations

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  3. SN
    Stephen Nissenbaum

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 284 citations

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  4. ML
    Michael Lambek

    University of Toronto, Canada

    5 publications · 472 citations

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  5. AS
    Andrew Strathern

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    5 publications · 561 citations

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Institutions

773

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    633 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    726 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    469 citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    220 citations

  6. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    365 citations

  7. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

    Santa Fe, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    317 citations

  8. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    235 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 132 publications · 7.3K citations

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  2. Man

    70 publications · 5.3K citations

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  3. American Ethnologist

    AE · 43 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 76 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

    JRAI · 42 publications · 1.9K citations

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