Periods of transition are often symbolically associated with death, making the latter the paradigm of liminality.
Contributo.
This book investigates these "Ultimate ambiguities," assuming they can pose a threat to social relationships because of the disintegrating forces of death, but they are also crucial periods of creativity, change, and emergent aspects of social and religious life.
Yet, many volumes on Death in the social sciences and humanities do not specifically address liminality.
Periods of transition are often symbolically associated with death, making the latter the paradigm of liminality