Grasping the elusive and unknowable: Material culture in ritual practice

Material Religion

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-287

  Boivin, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Material culture; Materiality; Metaphor; Religion; Ritual; Senses; Symbol

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950414533     PISSN: 17432200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175183409X12550007729860     Document Type: Article

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