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29 de nov. de 2019 · A classic anthropological work on the universal rituals of birth, puberty, marriage, and death. Learn about the functions, types, and examples of the rites of passage in different cultures.
Gennep’s major work was 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.
Books. The Rites of Passage. This classic work of anthropology explores the transitional stages of an individual’s life and the societal rituals involved. Arnold van Gennep’s...
The Rites of Passage. Van Gennep was the first observer of human behaviour to note that the ritual ceremonies that accompany the landmarks of human life differ only in detail from one...
A classic book by Arnold van Gennep on the structure and meaning of rites of passage in various cultures. Learn about the author's life, the historical context, and the impact of his work on anthropology and beyond.
Translated by Monika B. Vizedom and Gabrielle L. Caffee. A CLASSIC WORK OF ANTHROPOLOGY—OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND COPIES SOLD. With a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winner David I. Kertzer. Arnold van Gennep’s masterwork, The Rites of Passage, has been a staple of anthropological education for more than a century.
On the basis of an extensive survey of preliterate and literate societies, van Gennep held that rites of passage consist of three distinguishable, consecutive elements: separation, transition, and reincorporation—or, respectively, preliminal, liminal, and postliminal stages (before, at, and past the limen [Latin: “threshold”]).
