Ritual and religion: bioarchaeological perspectives

Livarda, Alexandra and Madgwick, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4396-3566 2018. Ritual and religion: bioarchaeological perspectives. Livarda, Alexandra, Madgwick, Richard and Mora, Santiago Riera, eds. The Biaorchaeology of Ritual and Religion, Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 1-13. (10.2307/j.ctvh1dpkx.7)

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Abstract

Michel Tournier, in his novel Friday, or, the Other Island (Vendredi ou les Limbes du Pacifique, 1967), rewrites the history of Robinson Crusoe. Tournier’s Robinson, after a long phase of exhausting loneliness in an island in the Pacific ‘losing’ himself, constructs an hourglass to control the time. He then enters into a strict regime of activities, such as producing grain and legislating, the latter in front of a lectern while dressed in the best clothes rescued from the shipwreck. All these activities occurred daily until one day he realises that he can get out of his strict schedule of ceremonies...

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
Publisher:	Oxbow
ISBN:	9781785708312
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2024 10:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/102441

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