Victor Turner
Victor Witter Turner (May 28, 1920 – December 18, 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.
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“O shining Popocatapetl, It was thy magic hour:
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Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
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