Arnold van Gennep

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf anthropologist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Henri_Hubert
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Paris
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Société_d'Anthropologie_de_Paris
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Amsterdam
gptkbp:birthDate 1873-04-23
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution theory of rites of passage
gptkbp:culturalImpact understanding of social transitions
gptkbp:culturalSignificance life cycle events
gptkbp:deathDate 1957-05-07
gptkbp:famousFor the concept of liminality
gptkbp:field anthropology
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy social anthropology
gptkbp:financialPerformance cultural studies
gptkbp:historical_analysis rituals and ceremonies
gptkbp:historicalContext early 20th century anthropology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arnold van Gennep
gptkbp:influence ritual studies
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Victor_Turner
sociology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Émile_Durkheim
gptkbp:influenceOn Victor_Turner’s_work_on_liminality
gptkbp:involved cultural anthropology
gptkbp:knownFor Rites of Passage
gptkbp:legacy foundational figure in anthropology
gptkbp:nationality French
Dutch_descent
gptkbp:notableFeature cultural rituals
Les Rites de Passage (1909)
rites of passage framework
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Rites_of_Passage
gptkbp:occupation ethnographer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Saint-Étienne,_France
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:publishedBy Les Rites de Passage
gptkbp:publishes gptkb:The_Rites_of_Passage_(1909)
gptkbp:researchAreas ritual analysis
gptkbp:researchContribution development of anthropological theory
framework for analyzing rituals
gptkbp:researchFocus ceremonial_practices
gptkbp:researchInterest participant observation
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_van_Gennep
gptkbp:theory stages of transition
three phases of rites