Format:
1 Online-Ressource (400 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9789004609990
Series Statement:
Social Sciences - Book Archive pre-2000 8
Content:
This volume deals with a hitherto largely neglected aspect of cities, namely the symbolic and ritual structure in which the urban community is rooted. This fascinating facet is explored in a combined effort by social anthropologists, sociologists, historians and philologists for cities like Jakarta, Padang, Bangkok, Beijing, Tokyo, Baghdad, Kathmandu, Lucknow, Francistown, Vitoria and Buenos Aires. Three perspectives on the study of symbolism in the urban arena are developed, namely the material, cultural and structural point of view. This results in a series of new concepts for comparative use and provides lively descriptions suffused by rich detail of the social processes by which urban symbols and rituals are constituted
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004098558
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Urban Symbolism Leiden : Brill, 1993 ISBN 9789004098558
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004609990
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