Liminal being

manner that could suggest to hazards and dangers of the unknown place, and death. The mysteriousness and excitements of exploration and mixed feelings between life and death of the explorers are also represented through this melody and technique. This liminal section then comes into a new faster section with positive optimistic ostinato sounds of woodwinds, brasses and strings…

When asked about why she wrote Across a Hundred Mountains, Reyna Grande responded: “I never found a book that dealt with the experiences I went through-- being left behind in another country while my parents worked in the U.S” (Ruf 54). Grande’s work novel and memoir are intimate and personal narratives. In her memoir Grande lets her audience into her personal experiences and her intimate journey to reconcile with her identity, while her fictional novel magnifies her fears and identity conflicts…

been discussed for many years. There are multiple elements that make “The Baghdad Clock” by Cristina Fernández Cubas fantastic. One element that is found throughout the story is the element of liminality. Liminality can be defined as “the state of being at the boundary of an important social category, in the process of crossing or transcending it, at a threshold between one state and another” (Kerman 178). Cristina Fernandez Cubas includes liminality in the lives of her characters, which creates…

‘Performances mark identities, bend time, reshape and adorn the body, and tell stories’ – Richard Schechner, Performance Studies: An Introduction. Human life is drenched nowadays with ritual and traditions and Christmas Day comes under that very heavily, it is a greatly celebrated event, especially in our Western society. Naturally, we will adopt restored behaviour and focus into our ‘second reality’. Schechner’s ‘Performance Studies: An Introduction’ gives an insight to the various concepts…

In Plane Sight: An Observational Analysis of Behaviour at the Airport I undertook two non-participant observations at Wellington airport over a period of two weeks. The intention was to observe the behaviour and customs people exhibited when they were not in an environment that was customary and potentially unsettling. I had also expected to take notice of things I hadn’t perceived before as when you are part of the crowd, it’s often harder to take notice of the behaviours and interactions of…

Louis Owens, in his account “Motion of Fire and Form: Autobiographical Reflections” and Wendy Rose, in her collection Bone Dance, create experience-and-memory-based narratives that help them to shape their identities. They are able to recreate events to which some of the pieces may be missing, allowing them to better understand their history and their place in a world of categories. They learn from their families how to fit in and interact with the environment around them when they do not fit…

show a reflection of society itself, which exposes society’s flaws to the audience. Throughout the play, Hansberry illustrates the struggles of an African-American family to move out of the city and into a better neighborhood. Through the family’s liminal journey to their new house, Hansberry shows how corrupt and divided society really is: LINDNER (putting on his glasses and drawing a form out of the…

from accessing Mary and Jesus. Furthermore, the portrait 's background highlights that Mary 's semi-divine status puts her in a liminal space. On one hand, Mary is a human just like the viewer; but, on the other hand, her purity and allegorical status make her un-relatable. Furthermore, Mary 's status is superior to the viewer 's. The ambiguous tone of Mary 's liminal space emphasizes that although mortals will be able to recognize Mary and Jesus’s superior status, they cannot understand the…

introduced to the key ideas of becoming an adult in Hindu society. It is also believed that the boy enters his second stage of life called Brahmacarya, literally meaning ‘travelling on the path that will disclose the Supreme Being’ (V. Narayanan, 2002, Pg.88). During the liminal phase of the ceremony the boy receives the Sacred Thread. It is made of three strands of knotted and twisted…

form of representation in order to express the contradictions of feminism, sexuality, and power. Blues music articulated the cultural and political struggle over sexual relations. Hazel Carby stated that “Women blues singers frequently appear as liminal figures that play out and explore the various possibilities of a sexual existence; they are representations of women who attempt to manipulate and control their construction as sexual subjects”. To solidify this statement, Carby refers to writer…