Sanctity and sanction in communal ritual: A reconsideration of Shintô festival processions

Ethnology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Schnell, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Informal social sanctions; Japan; Matsuri; Ritual liminality; Shint festival processions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042720779     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773932     Document Type: Article

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