Sondra L Hausner

The Spirits of Crossbones Graveyard

Time, Ritual, and Sexual Commerce in London

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

She shows that ritual is a way of creating the present by mobilizing the stories of the past for contemporary purposes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780253021366
• ISBN-10: 0253021367
• Artikelnr.: 43747340

Autorenporträt

Sondra L. Hausner is Associate Professor in the Study of Religion, St. Peter's College, at the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Set And Setting
1. The Myth of the Winchester Goose
2. Medieval Bankside
3. Shamanism and the Ritual Oscillation of Time
4. The Virgin Queen and the English Nation
5. Southwark, Then and Now
Conclusion Making the Present
Epilogue Crossbones Garden