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liminality

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n.1.(Anthropology) that temporary state during a rite of passage when the participant lacks social status or rank, is required to follow specified forms of conduct, and is expected to show obedience and humility.


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The pingpuzu are thus in a dangerous and frustrating state of liminality, trapped betwixt and between accepted ethnic and legal categories.
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Within a holiday experience, liminality might represent a removal of constraints on personal behavior, increased sexual contact with new friends, and enhanced recklessness with regard to casual sexual behavior (Ford & Eiser, 1996).
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Or is abjection a limbo of liminality for Asian American actors and theater companies?
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