Response to Symposium on Awkward Rituals

Abstract

Abstract In this response to the symposium on Awkward Rituals, Logan responds to questions such as “do her subjects know that they are awkward?” “are awkward rituals effective?” “is this a theoretical or a historical intervention?” and “what is the role of American exceptionalism in this argument?” In response to these questions the author looks towards a future of ritual studies in which we might take seriously the limits of a scholars’ temporal and geographical boundaries while also building new genealogies of ritual as a category of analysis and practice grounded in historical exchanges.