Handbook of Disaster Ritual : Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Cases and Themes
Overview
The Handbook of Disaster Ritual presents an overview of relevantliterature, perspectives, methods, concepts, as well as a selection oftopical themes in relation to current disaster rituals. The handbook hasbeen compiled from multi-disciplinary and geographically diverseperspectives and works with broad definitions of the concepts of bothdisaster and ritual. A disaster is defined as an event or situation thatcauses a significant disruption of a society or a group and evokes acollective and/or an individual reaction with expression of mourning, compassion, indignation, protest, call for justice, recovery, reconciliation, and consolation. In this working definition, it is clearthat the impact of a disaster is 'translated ritually'. Disasters bringforth a variety of ritual practices.
The Handbook of Disaster Ritual consists of three parts. After anextensive conceptual and historiographical introduction, Part I presentsseveral perspectives on the study of disasters and disaster rituals. InPart II, a team of international scholars presents nineteen case studiesof various disasters and disaster rituals. Part III addresses variousthemes from the case studies that can be seen as key elements indisaster rituals.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9789042946484
- ISBN-10: 9042946482
- Publisher: Peeters
- Publish Date: October 2021
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.05 pounds
- Page Count: 684
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