Body Modification and Contemporary American Rites of Passage INTRODUCTION Rites of Passage The term "Rite of Passage" describes any rite or ritual which marks or induces a change in an individuals social position. ... Because contemporary rites of passage have become extremely personalized, there really can be no culturally universal rites of passage. ... However, because they all contain the important element of alteration of the body, they are comparable enough to document the use of body modification in contemporary rites of passage. ... As one author wrote in an essay found online: ...

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Authored by the Justice Policy Institute, a Washington-based research and advocacy group, the study showed that in 2000 there were 791,000 men in jail or prison and 603,000 enrolled in colleges or universities. ... This subculture has historically ranged from the enchained position of slaves to more contemporary manifestos of political prisoners. ...

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The author describes the customs and clothing of these trailblazers, and also emphasizes that they all were well educated. ... The author makes it known that he believes that Pan-Africanism bridged the gap between "old Islam" and "new Islam" in America. ... The author wants to show us that Blyden's sentiments would carry over into the twentieth century, when Pan-Africanist would attempt to use West African Islam as a model for black communities in America. ...

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Lestat is the hypothetical author of The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, and Memnoch the Devil.25 His fans, including Rice herself, are deeply fascinated by this "tall, fair-skinned man with a mass of blond hair."26 They dream of this intriguing vampire stealing into their room with a "graceful, almost feline quality to his movements,"27 moving closer, "his gray eyes [burning] with an incandescence,"28 and whispering to them some unknown truth that would explain the workings of the universe. Another famous author with a large cult following is Ste...

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Influence of Christianity . 14 Concluding Statement . . . 17 Selected Bibliography . . . 19 Introduction This research paper will examine the works of such scholarly authors as Louis Ruchames, John Henry Hopkins, James W. ... This paper will use the ideas from the Bible and the views of other authors to trace the origin of blacks, the ideas of slavery, and how slavery and Christianity amalgamate to form different views of the slavery institution. ... Furthermore, this paper will help to understand what race is, why race began and what different authors thought about the black race...

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