The Rites of Passage

van Gennep, A., Vizedom, M. B., & Caffee, G. L. (1909). The Rites of Passage. University of Chicago Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1909

DOI

10.7208/chicago/9780226027180.001.0001

ISBN

9780226848495

Link

https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226027180.001.0001

Cited from

sociology_anthropology

Cited by

4 citations across 4 artifacts.

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Primes

• Collective Memory

  • This sourceFoundational theory of rites of passage (separation, liminal, aggregation) transforming individuals into new social statuses.

• Liminality
  • (2) this state is typically marked: ritually bracketed (rites of passage), institutionally recognized (probationary periods, catechumenate, novice status), or narratively thematized (the hero's journey), signaling that ordinary rules do not fully apply and that transformation is underway
• Ritual
  • Van Gennep 1909 established that rites of passage transform individuals through liminal phases into new social statuses

Mechanisms

• Symbolic Boundary Crossing
  • Its strength is that it converts an abstract reassignment into a bodily, dateable event — the limen, or threshold, that Arnold van Gennep placed at the very center of a rite of passage.

    This sourceSymbolic boundary crossing is the enacted form of that pivotal moment.

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