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Re: Rites of Passage
Shannon Adams (shannon_adams@byu.edu)
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 10:24:23 -0700
Robert Snower wrote:
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> Shannon Adams <shannon_adams@byu.edu> wrote:
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> >I am just finishing a paper dealing with a rite of passage among
> >the people I studied. But I have a few curiosity questions for all you
> >theorists and ethnographers.
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> >What purpose do rites of passage serve beyond the transfer of status?
> >Is there some social-psychological motivation? What are the implications
> >for secular (not ritual) peoples?
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> >Shannon
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> All rites of passage have a common thread, i.e., a common theme and
> purpose: the quelling of individual sexual competition in favor of
> the cooperation essential to the maintenance of a society.
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> Best wishes. R. Snower rs222@worldnet.att.net
Whoa! I've never heard this. Can you explain in more detail. I'm kind
of curious!
Shannon
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