biography
| name: |
Gennep, Charles-Arnold Kurr van
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pronunciation:
[genep]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1873–1957)
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| biography:
| Ethnographer and folklorist, born in Württemberg, SW Germany, but raised in France. He worked for the French government in various cultural organizations (1903–10, 1919–21), and held brief academic appointments at Neuchâtel, Oxford, and Cambridge. He became an energetic collector and publisher of folklore materials, including the Manuel de folklore français contemporaine (1937–58). However he is principally known for his earlier work, Les Rites de passage (1909), a comparative study of rituals marking transitions of social status. |
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