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Journal Title: Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 1
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Alin Croitoru
Fermeture sociale, différence et diversité: des enjeux identitaires
L’article se réfère à la notion de «fermeture sociale» en partant de la conceptualisation du Max Weber et, ensuite, en la problématisant à travers un commentaire sur les quatre articles publiés dans le numéro 1 / 2011 de...
From sick elderly to super-grandparents. A typology of elderly representations in Romanian video advertising
The aim of this paper was to study the elderly representations in Romanian video advertising in order to identify a typology corresponding to these representations. The research method that I used was the content analysi...
Once upon a tale. On the foundational role of narrative in constructing linguistic and social experience
This paper illustrates the importance of narrativity as a cognitive and linguistic procedure, and the role of storytelling as a social practice. After examining the structural analogy between the “story frame” and our wa...
Old and new rites of passage in contemporary Western societies: A focus on marriage and divorce ceremonies
This article deals with ceremonial behaviors related to changes of status in individuals’ life courses, that is to say, with rites of passage. Drawing on Arnold van Gennep’s classic book on Les rites de passage, we first...
Flowerman
I am engaged in a project about reverie, using poetics and storytelling as my method. Where does one person’s reverie start and another’s end? What uses might anthropology have for reverie? Taking the form of a braided n...