In a 1985 article, the man famous for developing this concept paired it with "Kabbalah" and "the Media"; that article promoted a dialogue between anthropology and mass communication. This idea was first introduced by Arnold Van Gennep as one step in a three-part structure, but its meaning was greatl
In a 1985 article, the man famous for developing this concept paired it with "Kabbalah" and "the Media"; that article promoted a dialogue between anthropology and mass communication. This idea was first introduced by Arnold Van Gennep as one step in a three-part structure, but its meaning was greatly expanded in The Forest of Symbols, a study of the Ndembu tribes of Zambia. The author of that book defined it as "a realm of pure possibility" and a manifestation of "communitas" in works like The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, and also described ►it as "a fructile chaos" where people in society are "betwixt and between." FTP, name this idea developed by Victor Turner to describe a transitional state in ritual behavior.  
In a 1985 article, the man famous for developing this concept paired it with "Kabbalah" and "the Media"; that article promoted a dialogue between anthropology and mass communication.
liminality (liminal state, liminal moments - pretty much anything with "liminal" is fine)