Urban Symbolism (Studies in Human Society, Vol 8)
Urban Symbolism (Studies in Human Society, Vol 8)
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
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.
Urban Symbolism (Studies in Human Society, Vol 8),Peter J. M. Nas,Brill Academic Publishers,9004098550,Anthropology - General,Cities and towns,Developing countries,Interior Design - General,Social Science,Sociology,Sociology - Urban,Sociology, Urban,Symbolism,Urban Anthropology,Anthropology,Urban communities
Book Contents:
- Voles (Microtinae) (Microtinae)
- Writings of Central Sudanic Africa (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik - Part 1: Middle East, 13; Arabic Literature of Africa, 2)
- Abraham Cohen De Herrera: Gate of Heaven (Studies in European Judaism, 5)
- A Companion to Study Virgil (The Classical Tradition: Volume 151)
- Adhesion Aspects of Polymeric Coatings
- Agnon's Art of Indirection: Uncovering Latent Content in the Fiction of S.Y. Agnon (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Vol 7)
- Avicenna Latinus. Codices. Codices descripsit M.-T. d'Alverny. Addenda collegerunt S. Van Riet et P. Jodogne.
- Bedouin, Village and Urban Arabic: An Ecolinguistic Study (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics)
- Bible Translation and the Spread of the Church: The Last 200 Years (Studies in Christian Mission)
- Christian Arabic Apologetics During the Abbasid Period (Studies in the History of Religions)
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