Dimitris Xygalatas

The Burning Saints

Cognition and Culture in the Fire-Walking Rituals of the Anastenaria

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on long-term fieldwork, 'The Burning Saints' traces the historical development and sociocultural context of the Greek fire-walking rituals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781845539764
• ISBN-10: 1845539761
• Artikelnr.: 36584141

Autorenporträt

Xygalatas, Dimitris

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Tradition in the Making 3. The Ethnographic Setting 4.
Fire-walking in Agia Eleni 5. Knowledge and Revelation Among the
Anastenaria 6. Ritual and Mind 7. Costly Rituals 8. Arousal, Emotion, and
Motivation 9. The Physiology of High-Arousal Rituals 10. Putting it all
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