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Van Gennep's "Rites Of Passage", Durkheim And Turner's Theory Of Communitas
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I. Classify using Van Gennep's categories and point out aspects which would be
of particular interest to Turner and to Chapple and Coons.
The Mescalero girls' puberty ceremony is an example of a "Rite of
Passage," a ceremony that marks the tr .... Middle of Term Paper
... the tepee, for instance. At
times, as when the boys join the Singers, the community actively participates in
the ritual. However, the community is involved only because of its members'
relations to the girls.
Van Gennep divides Rites of Passage into three parts: separation,
transition and incorporation. In the Mescalero puberty ceremony, separation is
achieved when the girls move in to their camp homes. During this stage, the
Godmothers and Singers take the role of the parents. This may be described as
a "cessation of interaction between the individual and the group in which he or
she has been interacting" (Chapple and Coons, p. 48 ... |
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