{"product_id":"mock-ritual-in-the-modern-reginald-mcginnis-9780197637432","title":"Mock Ritual in the Modern Era","description":"\u003cem\u003eMock Ritual in the Modern Era\u003c\/em\u003e explores the complex interrelations between ritual and mockery, the latter of which is not infrequently the unofficial face of claims to rationality. McGinnis and Smyth consider how the mocking and parodying of ritual often associated with modern rationalism may itself become ritualized, and other ways in which supposedly sham ritual may survive its \"outing.\" This volume traces the evolution of \"mock ritual\" in various forms throughout the modern era, as found in literary, historical, and anthropological texts as well as encyclopedias, newspapers, and films. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eMock Ritual in the Modern Era\u003c\/em\u003e places famous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century authors in dialogue with contemporary popular culture, from Diderot, Sterne, and Flaubert to the TV shows \u003cem\u003eSurvivor \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Judge Judy\u003c\/em\u003e, and from Voltaire to the \u003cem\u003eCharlie Hebdo\u003c\/em\u003e tragedy of 2015. Ritualistic and mock ritualistic aspects of comedy and ridicule are considered along with those, notably, of sexuality, medicine, art, education, and justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reginald McGinnis, John Vignaux Smyth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197637434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197637432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.41w x 0.86d","brand":"Reginald McGinnis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080000368895,"sku":"9780197637432","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec982e2d-88aa-47d1-96ed-6060b36b1973.jpg?v=1685484371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mock-ritual-in-the-modern-reginald-mcginnis-9780197637432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}