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| The liminal [[state]] is characterized by [[ambiguity]], openness, and [[indeterminacy]]. One's sense of [[identity]] dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition where normal limits to [[thought]], self-[[understanding]], and [[behavior]] are [[relaxed]] - a situation which can lead to new [[perspectives]]. | | The liminal [[state]] is characterized by [[ambiguity]], openness, and [[indeterminacy]]. One's sense of [[identity]] dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition where normal limits to [[thought]], self-[[understanding]], and [[behavior]] are [[relaxed]] - a situation which can lead to new [[perspectives]]. |
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− | [[People]], places, or [[things]] may not complete a [[transition]], or a transition between two states may not be fully possible. Those who remain in a state between two other states may become permanently liminal. | + | [[Persons|People]], places, or [[things]] may not complete a [[transition]], or a transition between two states may not be fully possible. Those who remain in a state between two other states may become permanently liminal. |
| + | ==See also== |
| + | *'''''[[Sublime]]''''' |
| ==Notes== | | ==Notes== |
− | | + | # "liminal", Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. OED Online Oxford University Press. Accessed June 23, 2007; cf. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subliminal subliminal]. |
− | # "liminal", Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. OED Online Oxford University Press. Accessed June 23, 2007; cf. [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subliminal subliminal]. | |
| # "Liminality and Communitas", in "The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure" (New Brunswick: Aldine Transaction Press, 2008). | | # "Liminality and Communitas", in "The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure" (New Brunswick: Aldine Transaction Press, 2008). |
| # Victor Turner, "Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites de Passage", in Religion. Macmillan Reference USA/Gale Group. 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-22. | | # Victor Turner, "Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites de Passage", in Religion. Macmillan Reference USA/Gale Group. 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-22. |
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