A reprint of the seminal anthropological work of the 1960s.
Originally published by Manchester University Press.

Victor Turner will be remembered as the anthropologist who developed the concept of the 'social drama', a method used extensively by anthropologists to describe and analyse the social life of a community. In essence, this technique involves analysing social crises within a community over a period of time in order to gain a better understanding of the key principles that govern the social life of the community.

This book -- Turner's first 'social...