The Rites of PassageVan 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 culture to another, and that they are in essence universal. Originally published in English in 1960. This edition reprints the paperback edition of 1977. |
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Africa age group animistic Année sociologique Arnold van Gennep betrothal birth bride bride price cere child childbirth childhood circumcision cited clan consecration Crawley culte dead death deceased deity Dieterich door Doutté dynamistic E. B. Tylor Études father feast Frazer Gennep gifts girl girl's Golden Bough hair Hartland Hertz husband Ibid idea impure Indians individual l'histoire des religions London Madagascar magic magico-religious Männerbünde marriage ceremonies Moslems mother Mystic Rose novice novitiate Osiris Ostyak Ouargla Paris pattern of rites performed person pertaining pregnancy priest profane puberty rebirth Reinach religious rites of incorporation rites of initiation rites of passage rites of separation ritual sacra sacred world sacrifice Schurtz secret societies semicivilized series of rites sex group sexual Silent Trade sometimes soul stranger taboos Tabou et totémisme theory Threshold Covenant tion totem totémisme à Madagascar transitional period tribe village woman women young