Introduction: Why ritual in its own right? How so?

Ritual in its Own Right: Exploring the Dynamics of Transformation

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-32

  Handelman, Don ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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