Open AccessReception of structuralism exemplified by research on rite-de-passage in Serbian ethnology and anthropology
Author(s) -
Ana Prodanovic
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
glasnik etnografskog instituta/glasnik etnografskog instituta sanu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-8259
pISSN - 0350-0861
DOI - 10.2298/gei0654403p
Subject(s) - serbian , rite , rite of passage , interpretation (philosophy) , anthropology , structuralism (philosophy of science) , ethnology , history , sociology , art , philosophy , epistemology , theology , linguistics
Research on rite-de-passage marked Serbian ethnology and anthropology especially during the seventies, eighties and to some extent nineties of the 20th century. This paper offers some observations on the attitudes of Serbian scientists towards this method, on the novelties that the rite-de-passage introduced to interpretation of rituals, as well as some shortfalls of this analytical method in Serbia. For future analysis the author proposes more attention on the qualitative change that any ritual incurs, and towards this aim suggests some of the advantages of Van Genep's approach to rites-de-passage