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  • Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors

    Symbolic Action in Human Society

    by Victor Turner ...
    Series series Symbol, Myth and Ritual
    In this book, Victor Turner is concerned with various kinds of social actions and how they relate to, and come to acquire meaning through, metaphors and paradigms in their actors' minds; how in certain circumstances new forms, new metaphors, new paradigms are generated. To describe and clarify these processes, he ranges widely in history and geography: from ancient society through the medieval ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Schism and Continuity in an African Society

    A Study of Ndembu Village Life

    by Victor Turner ...
    With a new foreword by Bruce Kapferer, Professor of Anthropology, James Cook University- 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 ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Ritual Process

    Structure and Anti-Structure

    by Victor Turner, Alfred Harris, Roger Abrahams ...
    In The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner examines rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his now-famous concept of "Communitas." He characterizes it as an absolute inter-human relation beyond any form of structure.The Ritual Process has acquired the status of a small classic since these lectures were first published in 1969. Turner demonstrates how the analysis of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture

    by Edith Turner, Victor Turner ...
    Series series Columbia Classics in Religion
    First published in 1978, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture is a classic work examining the theological doctrines, popular notions, and corresponding symbols and images promoting and sustaining Christian pilgrimage. The book examines two major aspects of pilgrimage practice: the significance of context, or the theological conditions giving rise to pilgrimage and the folk traditions enabling ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Between Theater and Anthropology

    by Richard Schechner, Victor Turner ...
    In performances by Euro-Americans, Afro-Americans, Native Americans, and Asians, Richard Schechner has examined carefully the details of performative behavior and has developed models of the performance process useful not only to persons in the arts but to anthropologists, play theorists, and others fascinated (but perhaps terrified) by the multichannel realities of the postmodern world.Schechner ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Between Theater and Anthropology

    by Richard Schechner, Victor Turner ...
    In performances by Euro-Americans, Afro-Americans, Native Americans, and Asians, Richard Schechner has examined carefully the details of performative behavior and has developed models of the performance process useful not only to persons in the arts but to anthropologists, play theorists, and others fascinated (but perhaps terrified) by the multichannel realities of the postmodern world.Schechner ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Roots of American Communism

    by Victor W. Turner ...
    In this definitive history of the evolution of the Com- munist Party in America--from its early background through its founding in 1919 to its emergence as a legal entity in the 1920s--Theodore Draper traces the native and foreign strains that comprised the party. He emphasizes its shifting policies and secrets as well as its open activities. He makes clear how the party in its infancy "was ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • T.S. Hullabaloo

    A Graphic Novel Based on a (Mostly) True Story

    by Zack Rosenberg, Victor Fusté ...
    Illustrated by Sarah K Turner ...
    A mysterious creature called a Hullabaloo has attached itself to a sixth grader named Jack in this beautifully illustrated and humorous graphic novel that celebrates our differences and life's changes. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Disney*Pixar's Inside Out.Jack Daring has always been just a typical kid. But his life becomes anything but typical when a mischievous cat-like creature ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

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    The Willow Walk (UNABRIDGED)

    by Sinclair Lewis ...
    Narrated by Victor Turner ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 23 min

    As featured in The Best Short Stories of 1918, The Willow Walk is a trenchant tale of an elaborate heist by a dissolute man who gradually loses his mind in the process. The twist ending also should have won Lewis an O. Henry Award. - Summary by Matt Pierard ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    The Way of the Wind (UNABRIDGED)

    by Zoe Anderson NORRIS ...
    Narrated by Victor Turner ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 58 min

    "From the comfort of the hills of Kentucky traveled Celia and her husband Seth to the desolate prairies of Kansas, where cyclones, tornadoes, and endless wind were to greet them. Always, there was the wind cutting across the plains as the young couple builds their home while working the soil, while Seth awaits the wise men of the east to begin building the magic city where he has staked his ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    A Hood Legend

    Triple Town Collection

    by Victor L. Martin ...
    Narrated by Jackson Turner ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Menage Unique Legend Trilogy

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    Fresh out of the Marines with only five grand in his pocket, Menage is looking to make his presence and his flamboyant taste in cars and clothes felt on the extravagant, flossed-out streets of Miami.When Menage discovers that he has a flair for flipping stolen cars into more cash than he can handle, he befriends Dwight, who helps him with his operation. Menage soon learns that when doing shady ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Dubliners (UNABRIDGED)

    by James Joyce ...
    Narrated by Victor Turner ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 38 min

    Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by ... Read more

    $4.99 USD