 state" to include all his other terms. Van Gennep has shown that all rites of transition are marked by three phases: separation, margin (or limen), and aggregation. The first phase of separation comprises symbolic behavior signifying the detachment of...  Classical Traditions and Modern Meanings - Page 44edited by - 1996 - 532 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Adrian Franklin - Education - 2003 - 308 pages
...phases: separation, limen or margin, and aggregation. The first phase comprises symbolic behaviour signifying the detachment of the individual or group,...from an earlier fixed point in the social structure or from a relatively stable set of cultural conditions (a cultural 'state'); during the intervening... | |
 | Jas' Elsner, Ian Rutherford - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 548 pages
...Christian pilgrimage, Victor and Edith Turner break this journey into three phases: The first phase comprises symbolic behavior signifying the detachment...from an earlier fixed point in the social structure or from a relatively stable set of cultural conditions; during the intervening liminal phase, the state... | |
 | Monica Barry - Marginality, Social - 2005 - 336 pages
...sociological concepts of childhood, youth and adulthood. These were: • Separation - 'symbolic behaviour signifying the detachment of the individual or group...from an earlier fixed point in the social structure or a set of cultural conditions. • Margin - 'during the intervening "liminal" period, the characteristics... | |
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