Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient near East

"In this book, Lauren Ristvet rethinks the narratives of state formation by investigating the interconnections between ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East. She draws on a wide range of archaeological, iconographic, and cuneiform sources to show how ritual performance was not set apart from the real practice of politics; it was politics. Rituals provided an opportunity for elites and ordinary people to negotiate political authority. Descriptions of rituals from three periods explore the networks of signification that informed different societies."--Provided by publisher.

שנה

2014

שפה

English

הוצאה

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

מהדורות

8

עמודים

331

ISBN

9781107065215

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata