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The American Ritual Tapestry Social Rules and Cultural Meanings
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Mary Jo Deegan
Book Code: GM0465
ISBN: 0-313-30465-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30465-1
192 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/1998
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Contributions in Sociology
Series Number: 122
Description: American rituals are vital to the creation and renewal of cultural meanings and rules for social interaction. These rituals are rooted in tradition yet are rapidly changing: a contradiction of hyper-modern society. This phenomenon was first explored by Professor Deegan in her 1989 study American Ritual Dramas. The theory examines both participatory rituals and mass-media rituals to show how everyday people become attached to and alienated from other rituals. Elaborating on the "critical dramaturgy" theory, the essays in this collection show how patterns can be changed to create a more emancipatory and celebratory society. The topics covered in the collection include an analysis of Santa Claus, skinheads, hate crimes, and strip dancing, among other topics. Each contributor has participated in these rituals and many examine related cultural artifacts such as music, brochures, and so forth. As the essays show, postmodern theory has gratly underestimated the power and coherence of these events. An important study for scholars and other researchers involved with sociological theory, social psychology, and popular culture.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Weaving the American Ritual Tapestry by Mary Jo Deegan
  • Racism as a Core Code in American Ritual
  • White Nationalists' Media-Constructed Rituals: The Interplay of Technology and Core Codes by Todd J. Schroer
  • Evil and the American Dream by Michael R. Ball
  • Sexism as a Core Code in American Ritual
  • The Case of Amateur Stripping: Sex Codes and Egalitarianism in Heterosocial Settings by Thomas C. Calhoun, Rhonda Fisher, and Julie Ann Harms Cannon
  • There She Is: The Miss America Pageant as American Ritual Drama by Lisa K. Nielson
  • American Rituals and Globalization
  • The Americanization of Ritual Culture: The "Core Codes: in American Culture and the Seductive Character of American "Fun" by Mary Jo Deegan
  • American Ritual Drama in Action: The Disney Theme Park by Yochanan Altman
  • A "Christmas" Story: An Analysis of the Santa Claus Phenomenon by Sharon K. Larson
  • American Rituals and the Sacred in Hyper-Modern Society
  • American Rituals and American Gods by Anthony Blasi
  • A Sacred Myth in Secular Packaging: Gillan's Journey Through the Witch World by Mary Jo Deegan
  • Rapidly Changing American Rituals
  • The Ex-Wife at the Funeral by Agnes Riedmann
  • Quinceañera: The Mexican-American Initiation Ritual of Young Women by Bert Watters
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 98-14232
LCC Class: E169
Dewey Class: 306
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