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The Rites of Passage
work by Gennep
Also known as: “Les Rites de Passage”
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- In Arnold van Gennep
…Les Rites de Passage (1909; The Rites of Passage), in which he systematically compared those ceremonies that celebrate an individual’s transition from one status to another within a given society. He found a tripartite sequence in ritual observance: separation, transition, and incorporation. Gennep offered interpretations of the significance of these…
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