Reception of Structuralism Exemplified by Research on Rite-de-Passage in Serbian Ethnology and Anthropology Cover Image

Пријем структурализма на примеру проучавања обреда прелаза у етнологији и антропологији Србије
Reception of Structuralism Exemplified by Research on Rite-de-Passage in Serbian Ethnology and Anthropology

Author(s): Ana Prodanović
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: structuralism; ritual; rite de passage; methology of ethnology and anthropology

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: LIV/2006
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 403-413
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Serbian
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