Communitas The Anthropology of Collective Joy

Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with alm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turner, Edith
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2012, 2012
Series:Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly
Physical Description:272 p online resource
ISBN:9781137016423