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Wikipedia: Victor Turner

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The English-language Wikipedia article on Victor Turner, covering his work on ritual symbols, rites of passage, liminality and communitas. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Turner
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Tier 3 (secondary reference): a general encyclopedia article used for standard, uncontested definitional and historical claims.
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Wikipedia: Victor Turner
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Victor Witter Turner (28 May 1920 - 18 December 1983) was a Scottish cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals, and rites of passage.
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Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)

This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Social Theorists, 19 claims: 11 well-attested, 2 holds, 6 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Institutions and Social Structures, 2 claims: 2 holds.

Well-attested

16

Social Theorists

Holds

4

Institutions and Social Structures

Social Theorists

General References

6

Social Theorists

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