Relational Rituals and Communication

Ritual Interaction in Groups
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-230-39304-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 3992 g

This book provides a ground-breaking, interaction-based framework of rituals, drawing on multiple research disciplines. It examines ritual as a relational action constructed in interaction through pre-existing patterns and captures the features of ritual phenomena by analysing interactants' behaviour in culturally and socially diverse contexts.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kádár, D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Defining Ritual from a Relational Perspective 3. In-group Ritual in Operation: Two Case Studies 4. Relational Ritual Typology 5. Recognition, Affectivity and Emotivity 6. Destructive Relational Rituals 7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dániel Z. Kádár is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He has been pursuing various areas of research, most importantly, the theorisation of politeness, impoliteness and rituals, as well as intercultural and historical pragmatics. His recent works include Understanding Politeness (with Michael Haugh) and Politeness in East Asia.