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Rite Of Passage (other)
A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. Rite(s) of passage may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Rites of Passage'', a 1983 short film by Richard Stanley * ''Rites of Passage'' (1999 film), a thriller starring Dean Stockwell * ''Rites of Passage'' (2012 film), a thriller starring Wes Bentley * ''Rites of Passage: The Rebirth of Combat Sports'', a 2001 MMA documentary produced by Frederico Lapenda Literature * ''Rite of Passage'' (novel), a 1968 novel by Alexei Panshin * ''Rite of Passage'', a 1956 short fiction by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore * ''Rite of Passage'', a 1994 posthumously published novel by Richard Wright * ''Rites of Passage'' (novel), a 1980 novel by William Golding and first part of the trilogy ''To the Ends of the Earth'' Music Albums * ''Rites of Passage'' (Brother Ali album), 2000 * ''Rites of Passage'' (Roger Hodgson album), 1996 * ''Rites of Passage'' (Indigo Girls album), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rite Of Passage
A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change of status in society. In cultural anthropology the term is the Anglicisation of ''rite de passage'', a French term innovated by the ethnographer Arnold van Gennep in his work ''Les rites de passage'', ''The Rites of Passage''. The term is now fully adopted into anthropology as well as into the literature and popular cultures of many modern languages. Original conception In English, Van Gennep's first sentence of his first chapter begins: "Each larger society contains within it several distinctly separate groupings. ... In addition, all these groups break down into still smaller societies in subgroups." The population of a society belongs to multiple groups, some more important to the individual than others. Van Gennep uses the metaphor, "as a kind of house divided into rooms and corridors." A passage occurs when an indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
''Black Clouds & Silver Linings'' is the tenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on June 23, 2009 through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's last album to feature drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy before his departure on September 8, 2010. The album was recorded between October 2008 and March 2009 at Avatar Studios in New York City, where they previously recorded ''Falling into Infinity'' (1997) and ''Systematic Chaos'' (2007). ''Black Clouds & Silver Linings'' was produced by John Petrucci and Portnoy, and was engineered and mixed by Paul Northfield. ''Black Clouds & Silver Linings'' was a major success for Dream Theater, becoming their highest-charting album on the ''Billboard'' 200, where it peaked at number six. History Dream Theater began to work on the album in October 2008. Mike Portnoy described ''Black Clouds & Silver Linings'' as, "a Dream Theater album with 'A Change of Seasons', 'Octavarium', ' Learning to Live', 'Pull M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
