A Special Programme on Rituals
New research on how society works. Rituals: Laurie Taylor presents a special programme on the place of rituals in everyday life, at Christmas and beyond.
Rituals at Christmas & beyond. Laurie Taylor presents a special programme on the place of rituals in everyday life. How have they changed over time and do we still need them? He's joined by Adam Kuper, Centennial Professor in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science; Marina Warner, writer and mythographer and Elizabeth Pleck, Professor Emeritu of History and Human Development & Family Studies at the University of Illinois.
Producer: Jayne Egerton.
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Elizabeth Pleck, Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding (co-author, Cele Otnes (2003) and Celebrating the Family: Ritual, Consumer Culture and Ethnicity, (2000)
Marina Warner, Once Upon A Time - A Short History of Fairy Tale, (2014)
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