social drama

is a social narrative and a processional form consisting of conflictual interactions moving from a transgression, to a crisis, through healing, and finally to reintegration (or alternatively, schism).

a sequence of social interactions of a conflictive, competitive, or agonistic type' (33), and he delineates its stages as breach, crisis, redress, and reintegration or schism. . . . 'The Social Drama and it's Processual Form 'In short, the processional form of the social drama may be formulated as (1) breach... (2) crisis... (3) redressive mechanism... (4) re-integration or recognition of schism (Turner 91:1957).' (NET) . . . 'Turner developed his notion of the social drama from the work of the social psychologist, Kurt Lewin. Lewin initially suggested the idea that individuals and their dramas take on form within fields (Kapferer 1987). In other words, Turner noted a particular pattern in which conflicts take on the form of social dramas. Initially there is a breach of the peace, which results in a crisis or conflict. The conflict is culturally addressed through either a ritual or a socially sanctioned process (going to a court of law). After such redressive mechanisms take place the system is reinforced by the assertion of common values and peace is restored by the recognition of the initial cleavage.' (NET)

social drama, n.Definitions

social drama