DO ”GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS”? SOME REFLECTIONS ON BORDERING IN ANTHROPOLOGY
DO ”GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS”? SOME REFLECTIONS ON BORDERING IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Author(s): Jonathan SchwartzSubject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Институт за етнологија и антропологија, Универзиетет »Св. Кирил и Методиј«
Keywords: borders (creating/crossing/disappearance); Turner; Barth; liminality; megja.
Summary/Abstract: The article refers to the myth of possible disappearance of borders (state, national and ethnical borders). The author compares the theories of two eminent anthropologists Victor Turner and Frederik Barth which contain the concept of liminality while researching sensitive aspects of society where man is facing the borders or limitations.
Journal: EthnoAnthropoZoom / ЕтноАнтропоЗум
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 11-17
- Page Count: 4