University of California Press, Date: 2002-12-02. Paperback. Very Good. 1.0236 8.8189 5.9843. 2002. University of California Press ISBN 0520236750 9780520236752 [US]

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ISBN10: 0520236750, ISBN13: 9780520236752, [publisher: University of California Press 2002-12-06, Berkeley, Calif. |London] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2002]

Paperback / softback. New. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. ISBN 0520236750 9780520236752 [GB]

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ISBN10: 0520236750, ISBN13: 9780520236752, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkerley] Softcover First Edition Paperback. Over the past two decades, North Americans have become increasingly interested in understanding and reclaiming the rites that mark significant life passages. In the absence of meaningful rites of passage, we speed through the dangerous intersections of life and often come to regret missing an opportunity to contemplate a child's birth, mark the arrival of maturity, or meditate on the loss of a loved one. Providing a highly personal, thoroughly informed, and cross-cultural perspective on rites of passage for general readers, this book illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. The work of a major scholar who has spent years writing and teaching about ritual, Deeply into the Bone instigates a conversation in which readers can fruitfully reflect on their own experiences of passage. Covering the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death, chapters include first-person stories told by individuals who have undergone rites of passage, accounts of practices from around the world, brief histories of selected ritual traditions, and critical reflections probing popular assumptions about ritual. The book also explores innovative rites for other important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. ...