SA 201W Chapter Notes - Chapter 7 (pg. 88-98): Hegemonic Masculinity, Liminality, National Technical Research Organisation
17 Sep 2015
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Rites of passage are cultural means for facilitating movement of an indiv. through life course. Victor turner (1920-1983): communitas: produced hegemonic masculinity, three stages: separation from familiar, liminality, reintegration, periods during rituals distinguished by shared intense emotions and temporary abandonment of statue and other differences, interrupts/disorganizes young veteran"s life courses. Anne irwin: military is not a rite of passage; it prematurely ages veterans. There will be a lot of old young men going home. Combat services rite of passage; doesn"t permanently/completely alter participants" statuses from youth to adult manhood: instead, they turn into old men w/o passing through adulthood, transformation not complete. Plans/orders constantly changing; impossible to plan ahead or pace oneself. Soldier comes back physically/emotionally damaged they didn"t age into adults but into old men. Hegemonic: system of leadership; followers accept ideologies of the leader by offering accommodations to the followers but preserves the authority of the leader.
