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Victor Witter Turner

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Victor W. TurnerVictor Turner

Victor Witter Turner (28 May 1920 – 18 December 1983) was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals and rites of passage. His work, along with that of Clifford Geertz and others, is often referred to as symbolic and interpretive anthropology. **Source**: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Turner">Victor Turner</a> on Wikipedia (Wikipedia contributors, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>).

Born 1920-05-28

Died 1983-12-18

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL142317A
  • VIAF44326843
  • WikidataQ357480
  • ISNI000000010892808X
  • Goodreads3439274

Top Subjects

  • Rites and ceremonies (6)
  • Ndembu (African people) -- Religion (4)
  • Ndembu (African people) (2)
  • Rites and ceremonies -- Addresses, essays, lectures (2)
  • Symbolism (2)
  • Ndembu (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies (2)
  • Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages (2)

Books by Victor Witter Turner

Total count: 26