According to Victor Turner, all rites of passage have three phases: separation, liminality, and incorporation. Of these three, the liminal phase-which is the most interesting-is typically characterized by
A. symbolic reversals of ordinary behavior.
B. a forming of an implicit ranking system.
C. intensification of the social hierarchy.
D. no change in the social norms.
E. the use of secular language.
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
A. afarensis was sexually dimorphic, which means that __________.
A) their teeth were used for reproductive displays B) they lived in long-term pair bonds C) the males had larger body sizes than the females D) they had twin offspring, one male and one female
DNA replication requires an entire original strand of DNA to __________
a. be destroyed b. mutate c. split d. all of these
________ from the island of Melos indicates that Mesolithic people at Franchthi were seafarers.
A. Tuna B. Flint C. Pottery D. Obsidian
Band societies may have a woman as head
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false