Handbook of Disaster Ritual (Paperback)

P. Post

ISBN 10: 9042946482 / ISBN 13: 9789042946484

Published by Peeters Publishers, Leuven, 2021

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Paperback. The Handbook of Disaster Ritual presents an overview of relevantliterature, perspectives, methods, concepts, as well as a selection oftopical themes in relation to current disaster rituals. The handbook hasbeen compiled from multi-disciplinary and geographically diverseperspectives and works with broad definitions of the concepts of bothdisaster and ritual. A disaster is defined as an event or situation thatcauses a significant disruption of a society or a group and evokes acollective and/or an individual reaction with expression of mourning,compassion, indignation, protest, call for justice, recovery,reconciliation, and consolation. In this working definition, it is clearthat the impact of a disaster is translated ritually. Disasters bringforth a variety of ritual practices.The Handbook of Disaster Ritual consists of three parts. After anextensive conceptual and historiographical introduction, Part I presentsseveral perspectives on the study of disasters and disaster rituals. InPart II, a team of international scholars presents nineteen case studiesof various disasters and disaster rituals. Part III addresses variousthemes from the case studies that can be seen as key elements indisaster rituals. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Disaster Ritual (Paperback)
• Publisher: Peeters Publishers, Leuven
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042946482
• ISBN 13: 9789042946484
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The Handbook of Disaster Ritual presents an overview of relevant literature, perspectives, methods, concepts, as well as a selection of topical themes in relation to current disaster rituals. The handbook has been compiled from multi-disciplinary and geographically diverse perspectives and works with broad definitions of the concepts of both disaster and ritual. A disaster is defined as an event or situation that causes a significant disruption of a society or a group and evokes a collective and/or an individual reaction with expression of mourning, compassion, indignation, protest, call for justice, recovery, reconciliation, and consolation. In this working definition, it is clear that the impact of a disaster is 'translated ritually'. Disasters bring forth a variety of ritual practices. The Handbook of Disaster Ritual consists of three parts. After an extensive conceptual and historiographical introduction, Part I presents several perspectives on the study of disasters and disaster rituals. In Part II, a team of international scholars presents nineteen case studies of various disasters and disaster rituals. Part III addresses various themes from the case studies that can be seen as key elements in disaster rituals.