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Ritual Performance Authority

Ritual Performance Authority is a theoretical construct within ritual studies that denotes the formalized power vested in an individual or institution to authenticate, regulate, and legitimize the execution of ritual acts within a defined socioreligious framework.

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63

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2017–2026

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Publications

43

The "Slametan": Textual Knowledge and Ritual Performance in Central Javanese Islam

Mark Woodward · History of Religions · 1988 · 136 citations

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Performing Dreams: Discourses of Immortality Among the Xavante of Central Brazil.

Bruna Franchetto, Laura R. Graham · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 1996 · 132 citations

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Non inter nota sepulcra: Catullus 101 and Roman Funerary Ritual

Andrew Feldherr · Classical Antiquity · 2000 · 103 citations

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Ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East

Choice Reviews Online · 2015 · 76 citations

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Dancing for the King of Congo from Early Modern Central Africa to Slavery-Era Brazil

Cécile Fromont · Colonial Latin American Review · 2013 · 67 citations

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Authors

63

  1. GM
    Gillian McGregor

    Rhodes University, South Africa

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  2. ES
    Edward Swenson

    University of Toronto, Canada

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  3. MP
    Maurice Patterson

    University of Limerick, Ireland

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. AK
    Aden Kumler

    University of Chicago, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. AF
    Alberto Fidalgo-Castro

    Anthropological Survey of India, India

    1 publications · 15 citations

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Institutions

27

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    61 citations

  3. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  6. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 274 citations

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  2. Anthropological Forum

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  3. Cambridge Review of International Affairs

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. Educational Theory

    1 publications · 54 citations

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  5. African Arts

    1 publications · 10 citations

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