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France and its purgatory
Author(s) -
ITEANU ANDRÉ
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8322.12507
Subject(s) - liminality , communitas , purgatory , sociology , rite , face (sociological concept) , rite of passage , gender studies , anthropology , aesthetics , ethnology , history , political science , art , law , social science , literature
This article compares the experiences migrants face in the banlieue of France to rites of passage in Papua New Guinea, where the author has performed long‐term fieldwork. Seen from a Turnerian anthropological point of view, the banlieue resembles a rite of passage with its separation, liminality, reintegration and its ambiguous meanings. However, its liminality lacks a communitas characterized by equality, direct relations between its members and an absence of ownership.
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