Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural AnthropologyA revised and updated edition of this unique best-selling guide to social and cultural anthropology. |
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Page 53
... rites of passage in modern societies are confirmation , bar mitzvah or first communion , marriage and funeral , all of which mark stages in a person's development as a social being . Such rites are dealt with in greater detail later ...
... rites of passage in modern societies are confirmation , bar mitzvah or first communion , marriage and funeral , all of which mark stages in a person's development as a social being . Such rites are dealt with in greater detail later ...
Page 123
... rites of passage for girls and boys usually differ markedly . Among the people who live near Mount Hagen in highland New Guinea ( Strathern 1988 ) , it is a common view ... Rites of Passage The term rite of passage ( rite Gender and Age 123.
... rites of passage for girls and boys usually differ markedly . Among the people who live near Mount Hagen in highland New Guinea ( Strathern 1988 ) , it is a common view ... Rites of Passage The term rite of passage ( rite Gender and Age 123.
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... rite of passage ( rite de passage ) is associated with the name of Arnold van Gennep , who published the book Les Rites de passage as early as 1909. Through such rites , van Gennep wrote , society reproduces itself . People are given ...
... rite of passage ( rite de passage ) is associated with the name of Arnold van Gennep , who published the book Les Rites de passage as early as 1909. Through such rites , van Gennep wrote , society reproduces itself . People are given ...
Contents
Comparison and Context | 1 |
Fieldwork and Interpretation | 14 |
The Social Human | 30 |
Copyright | |
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