Fresh Blood, Public Meat
Rituals of Totem Regeneration in the 1992 Presidential Race
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7101344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolyn Marvin (0009-0005-8440-4196, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 264-292 |
| Publication date | 1994-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-6502 • E-ISSN: 1552-3810 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/009365094021003002 |
| OpenAlex | W2104122840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 15 |
An election campaign serves ritual functions for the American political system, beyond its manifest functions of determining which persons and interests will govern the country. The campaign ritual is analyzed in terms of Durkheim's concept of the totem, including its regeneration and sacrifice. The dirty campaign is a sacrificial feast that establishes conditions for a proper mating between the candidate and the electorate. Voters declare their fidelity to the totem victor and receive a sacrificial promise in return
Advertising · Business · Fidelity · Political science · Politics · Sacrifice · Sociology · Telecommunications · Totem · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Engineering · History · Law
The symbolic uses of politics
The politics and poetics of transgression
The Myth of the Eternal Return
Rabelais and his world
Myth, Ritual, and Political Control
Assessing presidential character
Violence and the Sacred
Anthropology as Cultural Critique
Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious 1905
The Election Campaign as a Liminal Stage - Negotiations over Meanings
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
The Ritual Process
Body Ritual among the Nacirema
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2021 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |