Post by jjhllkr on Apr 11, 2016 16:18:30 GMT
Look at page 224. What is a life course? What is a rite of passage? Why are rites of passages important? Give an example of a rite of passage in your/our culture and explain why it is important.
A life course is a culturally set age category that is set when a person goes from birth to death. At a specific age a member will be at one of these certain stages. These stages include infancy, childhood, puberty, adulthood and old age. People everywhere go through similar changes throughout their life course. Cultures commonly have many different numbers of categories which they recognize throughout a life course. Transitions are gradual and a person may not recognize the change until it has already happened. Many times though cultures have rites of practice in which a person makes a change very quickly. Rites of passages are public celebrations in which it recognizes, celebrates, and is believed to cause change in a person. Rites of passage are commonly brought about by a person reaching a certain age. Physical changes are evidence of life course changes, such as puberty and menopause. There again physical and alteration changes are thought of differently. In many cultures a person is not at a certain stage until something specific has happened to them, for example in certain cultures a person is not considered whole until they are married. As a person moves through these stages their status around the people in their society changes.
A common rite of passage in our community and society is when we officially are adults. In Nebraska you are not recognized as an adult until you turn 19. This is a huge stepping stone because you are no longer dependant on your parents. It is at this point that most adults go to college or out on their own because they are allowed to do so.
WC: 314
A life course is a culturally set age category that is set when a person goes from birth to death. At a specific age a member will be at one of these certain stages. These stages include infancy, childhood, puberty, adulthood and old age. People everywhere go through similar changes throughout their life course. Cultures commonly have many different numbers of categories which they recognize throughout a life course. Transitions are gradual and a person may not recognize the change until it has already happened. Many times though cultures have rites of practice in which a person makes a change very quickly. Rites of passages are public celebrations in which it recognizes, celebrates, and is believed to cause change in a person. Rites of passage are commonly brought about by a person reaching a certain age. Physical changes are evidence of life course changes, such as puberty and menopause. There again physical and alteration changes are thought of differently. In many cultures a person is not at a certain stage until something specific has happened to them, for example in certain cultures a person is not considered whole until they are married. As a person moves through these stages their status around the people in their society changes.
A common rite of passage in our community and society is when we officially are adults. In Nebraska you are not recognized as an adult until you turn 19. This is a huge stepping stone because you are no longer dependant on your parents. It is at this point that most adults go to college or out on their own because they are allowed to do so.
WC: 314
