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Victor Witter Turner

Victor Witter Turner (28 May 1920 – 18 December 1983) was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals and rites of passage. His work, along with that of Clifford Geertz and others, is often referred to as symbolic and interpretive anthropology.

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British cultural anthropologist (1920-1983)

Born 28 May 1920
Died 18 Dec 1983

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  • Cover of: The forest of symbols: aspects of Ndembu ritual

    First published in 1967 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Lozi peoples of north-western Rhodesia

    First published in 1953 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: From ritual to theatre: the human seriousness of play

    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Lunda medicine and the treatment of disease

    First published in 1964 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Celebration: studies in festivity and ritual

    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Lunda rites and ceremonies

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  • Cover of: Blazing the trail: way marks in the exploration of symbols

    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Das Ritual. Struktur und Anti- Struktur.

    First published in 2000 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La Selva de Los Simbolos

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  • Cover of: The Lozi peoples of North-Western Rhodesia.

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  • Cover of: On the Edge of the Bush: Anthropology As Experience (Anthropology of Form and Meaning)

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  • Cover of: The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Le phénomène rituel

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Ritual process: structure and anti-structure.

    First published in 1957 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Schism and Continuity in an African Society

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The drums of affliction: a study of religious processes among the Ndembu of Zambia

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Ritual Process

    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: El proceso ritual: estructura y anti-estructura: Estructura y antiestructura

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British cultural anthropologist (1920-1983)

Born 28 May 1920
Died 18 Dec 1983

Subjects

Rites and ceremonies, Ethnology, Ndembu (African people), Ritual, Symbolic anthropology, Symbolism, Religion, Ndembu (Tribu africaine), Riten, Rites et cérémonies, Rituel, Addresses, essays, lectures, Anthropology, Anthropology of religion, Antropologia cultural e social, Aspect social, Brauchtum, Ceremonie˜n, Ceremoniën, Culturele antropologie, Drama, Ethnologie, Fest, Festivals, Folk drama

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Zambia, Mwinilunga

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
October 8, 2017 Edited by dcapillae Fix name
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