Work
The Rites of Passage
Explore in the Atlas →Classic work identifying the tripartite structure of rituals (separation, transition, incorporation), often spatially demarcated.
Ritual
Details
- Type
- Text
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Observation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Protocol performed
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- articulates Rites of Passage
Referenced by
- Arnold van Gennep authored
Sources
- Arnold van Gennep. Les rites de passage (The Rites of Passage). Émile Nourry (English trans. University of Chicago Press, 1960), 1909.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "The Rites of Passage." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/the-rites-of-passage/. Accessed July 17, 2026.