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Ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East
- Title
- Ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East / Lauren Ristvet.
- Author
- Ristvet, Lauren
- Publication
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 317 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- "In this book, Lauren Ristvet rethinks the narratives of state formation by investigating the interconnections between ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East. She draws on a wide range of archaeological, iconographic, and cuneiform sources to show how ritual performance was not set apart from the real practice of politics; it was politics. Rituals provided an opportunity for elites and ordinary people to negotiate political authority. Descriptions of rituals from three periods explore the networks of signification that informed different societies."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Middle East > Politics and government
- Political culture > Middle East > History > To 1500
- Ritual > Social aspects > Middle East > History > To 1500
- Middle East > History > To 622
- Social archaeology > Middle East
- Middle East > Antiquities
- Rites and ceremonies > Middle East > History > To 1500
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Middle East > History > To 1500
- Political customs and rites > Middle East > History > To 1500
- Festivals > Middle East > History > To 1500
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-306) and index.
- Contents
- I. Performing politics -- Politics and ritual in the past and present -- The 2500 year celebration at Persepolis -- French Revolution -- Royal processions in Majapahit -- The Fiesta de Santa Fe -- Maya ancestors and patron deities -- Ritual, religion, and practice -- Performative traces -- Movement, history, and tradition -- II. Movement -- An event that models : the Ebla coronation ritual -- Movement and perception -- Kingdoms, cities, artisans, and officials -- Borders, city walls, and open spaces -- Limiting access -- Inclusive spaces -- Beyond the city -- Collective representations: pilgrimages and political power -- Pilgrimages and sacred journeys at Ebla -- The archaeology of pilgrimage at Ebla -- The Syrian ritual -- Materialized symbols : cult centers in the countryside -- Gre Virike -- Hazna -- Jebelet al-Beda -- Tell Banat -- Actors, audience, and mise-en-scene : pilgrimage centers? -- Constructing kingdoms -- Death, ancestors, and power -- Conclusion: Urban spaces, pilgrimage networks and the rise of political complexity -- III. Memory -- An event that presents : the Feast of Istar and the Kispum ritual -- Memory, mourning, and legitimacy -- Political instability -- Tribal politics -- The dynamics of resettlement -- History and the politics of emplacement -- Middle Bronze Age economics -- Collective representations : the past in the past -- Literature, history, and the ancestors -- Divine will and divinationtoc-entry -- Materialized symbols : death, ritual and the authority of the past in daily life -- The archaeology of death and ritual -- Ancestors, monuments and politics -- The past, heirlooms and legitimacy -- Actors, audience, and mise-en-scene : ancestors, tribes and politics -- Kings and the politics of commemoration -- Tribes, towns, councils, and ancestors -- Conclusion: Mourning and memory -- IV. Tradition -- An event that re-presents : the Akitu Festival -- Invented traditions -- Hellenistic Babylonia -- The city and countryside -- Settlement, irrigation, and trade -- Seleucid urbanism -- Domestic practices -- Consuming empire? : pottery and foodways -- Figurines and domestic life -- Coins, debt, and payment -- Collective representations : scholarly texts, history, and the transmission of knowledge -- Preserving scholarly knowledge -- Astrology, astronomy, and history -- Materialized symbols : temples and tradition -- Rebuilding the temple -- The temple, the assembly, and civil authority -- Archives, administration, and community -- Actors, audience, and mise-en-scene : kings, priests, and festivals -- Conclusion: Performing tradition -- Community -- Performance and public events in the ancient Near East -- Performing community -- States and instability -- Political strategies -- Continuity.
- Call Number
- JFF 15-150
- ISBN
- 9781107065215
- 1107065216
- 9781107653429 (canceled/invalid)
- 1107653428 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014043417
- 40024490395
- OCLC
- 899073184
- Author
- Ristvet, Lauren, author.
- Title
- Ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East / Lauren Ristvet.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-306) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024490395
- Research Call Number
- JFF 15-150