COMMUNICATION IN LIFE-CYCLE RITUALS: CHANGES IN THE 20TH CENTURY (Komunikacia v obradoch zivotneho cyklu: zmeny v 20.storoci)

• Authors: Jakubikova Kornelia
• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with changes which have occurred in types, contents and participants of communication in the life-cycle rituals (childbirth, wedding and funeral). The results of comparison of traditional vs. contemporary style of the ritual communication have shown that various types of mediated technical communication have expanded. A part of non-verbal elements - symbols was omitted. The direct participants of the ritual become also expedients of communication and not as previously, when this role was played by agents. Feedback is now dominated by verbal forms, whereas in the past, reactions had material or active nature (gifts, assistance). Multi functionality of ritual communication is still valid, but concerning its structure, aesthetic and prestigious functions tend to dominate. A new function of retrospective documentation has appeared.

Keywords

EN

COMMUNICATION IN RITUALS; LIFE-CYCLE; RITUAL CHANGES

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 123-130
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jakubikova Kornelia

• Kornelia Jakubikova, Katedra etnologie a kulturnej antropologie, Filozoficka fakulta, Univerzita Komenskeho, Gondova 2, 81801, Bratislava, Slovak Republic; www.uet.sav.sk/slovenskynarodopis.htm

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09SKAAAA064812