The rites of passage
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The rites of passage
University of Chicago Press, 1960
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Les rites de passage
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"... a translation of Arnold van Gennep's Les rites de passage ..."--P. v
"A classic study of cultural celebrations"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Birth, puberty, marriage, and death are, in all cultures, marked by ceremonies which may differ but are universal in function. Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957) was the first anthropologist to note the regularity and significance of the rituals attached to the transitional stages in man's life, and his phrase for these, the rites of passage, has become a part of the language of anthropology and sociology.
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