The Missed Reform
Conflict and Continuity in a Bavarian Alpine Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7636090 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gottfried O Lang (corresponding author), Martha B Lang |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 100 |
| Publication date | 1984-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5491 • E-ISSN: 1534-1518 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3317925 |
| OpenAlex | W2322488541 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Persistence and change, as exemplifed by the 350-year-old Passion Play in Oberammergau, is explained in terms ofthe interaction of the villagers and the dominant symbol, theplay. The varied meanings that have been ascribed to the symbol, especially since World War II, and the factional social groupings and categories that formed around these different interpretations of the symbol are examined. Although the media, ecclesiastical authority and the Jewish community, critical ofthe traditionalform of theplay, highly acclaimed a trialperformance in 1977 ofan older Baroque version, the villagers rejected that reform, andplayed the traditional version slightly altered. It is suggested that demographic changes after World War II, facilitated by differing socialization processes of preand post-war generations, and the linkages that joined them to the larger society, set the stage for internal conflict. As a result of what Spicer (1971) calls the oppositional process, the play as a dominant symbol of the village became less varied in its meanings. This united the village in defense oftheirproprietary rights to the play
Genealogy · Political science · Sociology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |