Anthropology (ANTH)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
ANTH 3510 [0.5 credit]
Ritual
Cross-cultural study of ritual, religious and secular, its role in various social processes and its relation to other activities. Exploration of the variability of ritual and the range of theories that have been developed to account for what ritual does, including intellectualist, functionalist and performative approaches.
Prerequisites:
ANTH 1001 and
ANTH 1002, or
ANTH 1003 [1.0], or
SOCI 1001 and
SOCI 1002, or
SOCI 1003 [1.0], and third year standing.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.