Chapter 1 social dramas and ritual metaphors pp 23 59 in this chapter i shall trace some of the influences that led to the formulation of concepts i developed in the course of my anthropological field work and to consider how they may be used in the analysis of ritual symbols. Victor witter turner dramas fields and metaphors symbolic action in human society symbol myth ritual englisch taschenbuch 31 oktober 1975 von victor turner autor. Dramas fields and metaphors symbolic action in human society symbol myth and ritual series by victor turner1975 10 31 victor turner isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Victor turner 1920 1983 was professor of religion and anthropology at the university of chicago he authored many books including the forest of symbols aspects of ndembu ritual dramas fields and metaphors symbolic action in human society and revelation and divination in ndembu ritual all published by cornell. In this book victor turner is concerned with various kinds of social actions and how they relate to and come to acquire meaning through metaphors and paradigms in their actors minds how in certain circumstances new forms new metaphors new paradigms are generated to describe and clarify these processes he ranges widely in history and geography from ancient society through the medieval