Mock Ritual in the Modern Era

ISBN-13: 9780197637432 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str.

Po Professor of English John Vignaux (Professor of English

Recenzje

The book is divided into an introduction, seven chapters, a summation, and a "Concluding Unscientific Postscript." It discusses the role of mockery in several, generally French, examples of cinema and literature. As the first full-length study of its kind, the book offers an insightful groundwork into mock ritual and how it can transform into genuine ritual, a beneficial source for academics discussing anything from religious practices to parody.

O autorze

Reginald McGinnis is Professor of French at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Essai sur l'origine de la mystification and coeditor, with Fayçal Falaky, of Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century France. John Vignaux Smyth is Professor of English at Portland State University. He is the author of The Habit of Lying.