![]() ![]() “Transitional beings are particularly polluting…and are at the very least ‘betwixt and between’ all the recognizable fixed points in space-time of structural classification” (48). the subject of liminality is invisible to the structure (48) rites of passage are not confined to between states, but entering into new states. threes phases of transition: separation, margin, and aggregation. state refers to the stable, socially recognized condition (46) ![]() liminality is the interstructural place of participants and is most obvious in smaller societies. He examines the sociocultural properties of the liminal stage within rituals ![]() Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites de Passage. Gluckman insisted that any theoretical and conceptual understanding of social forms and their defining ideas must be grounded in the study of social practice. Victor Turner came out of the Manchester School of anthropology, under the influence of Max Gluckman. ![]()
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