Date Thesis Awarded
2013
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Theatre, Speech & Dance
Advisor
Artisia Green
Committee Members
Francis Tanglao-Aguas
Leah Glenn
Anne H. Charity Hudley
Abstract
My honors performance "To Arrive and Conquer: My Rites of Passage" was a theatrical reflection of my personal journey at the College of William and Mary. Constructed and based on the theory of French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold Van Gennep. I celebrated and acknowledged my rites of passage through song, dance, recitations, and scholarly analysis. Ritual performances in theatre function as creative and therapeutic avenues for an individual to arrive at complete self-awareness. Subsequently, through a ritual performance an individual can successfully conquer personal inhibitors and become a fully engaged and initiated citizen in their community. Thus, ritual performances conducted serve as mechanisms of self-development for the individual as they transition between different phases in their life journey.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Jamar C. E., "To Arrive and Conquer: An Individual's Rite of Passage through Recognition of Ritual on Stage" (2013). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 629.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/629
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To Arrive and Conquer: My Rites of Passage performance by Jamar C. E. Jones
Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.