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The Real Transylvania,
By Theseus "theseus" (US of A) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Wedding of the Dead: Ritual, Poetics, and Popular Culture in Transylvania (Studies on the History of Society and Culture) (Paperback)
This review relates to the University of California hardback edition, jointly released in the US and the UK, ISBN 0520060016.A journey into contemporary life-cycle rituals: weddings, funerals, and death-weddings in Transylvania. Author Kligman spent over a year with Transylvanian peasants, yielding a book "beautifully written and moving," as it examines the contents of contemporary peasant rituals, lore, and oral poetry. Most importantly, Kligman looks at how these societies use metaphor and symbol within the context of a modern, ever-present, socialistic state, allowing "the villagers to expres emotions and negotiate relations among themselves and the state." Hardback with a sewn binding in dustjacket. Cloth over boards. Photo plates. 410 pp. 5 Appendices, Glossary, Index. 50 pp of narrative End Notes and an 18 p Bibliography. |
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The Wedding of the Dead: Ritual, Poetics, and Popular Culture in Transylvania (Studies on the History of Society and Culture) by Gail Kligman (Paperback - April 4, 1990)
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