Stephanie Lynn Budin, Caroline J. Tully, A century of James Frazer's The Golden Bough: shaking the tree, breaking the bough. London: Routledge, 2024. Pp. 354. ISBN 9781032695631.Review by
Craig R. Davis, Smith College. cradavis@smith.edu... The Golden Bough popularized a set of tenacious hypotheses about ancient myth and ritual which the contributors to this volume hope to conjure back into the light of day for closer scrutiny, some of them hoping to expose and exorcize these persistent half-truths from academic discourse and their reflexive acceptance which has inspired a number of contemporary religious movements as well. ...
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