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388 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781560980407
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Publication date: 01 August 1983
Description
Stressing the importance of performance in the organization of ritual experience, Kapferer reveals that music, dance, and comicdrama are key aesthetic forms in Sinhalese demon ceremonies.
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388 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781560980407
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Publication date: 01 August 1983
Description
Stressing the importance of performance in the organization of ritual experience, Kapferer reveals that music, dance, and comicdrama are key aesthetic forms in Sinhalese demon ceremonies.