The Anthropology of Cultural Performance

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Contemporary life in most nation-states is not truly cultural, but rather culture-like, especially in large-scale societies. Beginning with a distinction between special events and everyday life, Lewis examines fundamental events including play, ritual, work, and carnival and connects personal embodied habits and large-scale cultural practices.