Initiation Rituals and Academic Traditions
OCTOBER 2016
This is a study based on the observation of the phenomenon at the University of Coimbra in order to understand the attitudes and forms of sociability among young Portuguese university students. In the name of tradition, current generations of students promote group dynamics and forms of symbolic power endowed with great sociopolitical significance. Between their «integrational» function and the «violent» contours of initiation rituals, the controversy took hold in Portuguese society in the aftermath of cases such as the tragedy on Meco beach, associated with an initiation ritual. This is the subject addressed in this book.
This is a study based on the observation of the phenomenon at the University of Coimbra in order to understand the attitudes and forms of sociability among young Portuguese university students. In the name of tradition, current generations of students promote group dynamics and forms of symbolic power endowed with great sociopolitical significance. Between their «integrational» function and the «violent» contours of initiation rituals, the controversy took hold in Portuguese society in the aftermath of cases such as the tragedy on Meco beach, associated with an initiation ritual. This is the subject addressed in this book.
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Dimensions
16 × 150 × 235 mm
ISBN
978-989-8838-44-5
Book available only in Portuguese
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