Arnold van Gennep

Birth, puberty, marriage, and death are, in all cultures, marked by ceremonies which may differ but are universal in function. Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957) was the first anthropologist to note the regularity and significance of the rituals attached to the transitional stages in man's life, and his phrase for these, "the rites of passage," has become a part of the language of anthropology and sociology.

The Rites of Passage

Les soufflets algériens -Les poteries kabyles. - Le tissage aux cartons - L'art décoratif

Études d'ethnographie algérienne

Brief notes on; wife lending to stranger (Central Australia); revenge parties; reincarnation beliefs (Arunta); initiation; magician.

Arnold van Gennep

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