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Chuck Palahniuk

Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey

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  • Александр Крюковshared an impression6 years ago
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    В романе Паланик использует очень интересную форму повествования: отрывки из интервью с разными персонажами, которые, собственно, и рассказывают oral history Бастера Кейси, более известного как Рэнт.

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  • kravenhas quoted6 years ago
    The term «bogeyman» is derived from "Boney," the British derogatory nickname for Napoleon Bonaparte. Over time, the name evolved into «boneyman» and later "bogeyman," but it was always used as a threat by the British in order to keep their children obedient.
  • kravenhas quoted6 years ago
    Generally speaking, liminal versus liminoid is defined as follows. The term «liminal» refers to a ritual that marks passage from one phase of life to the next: a baptism, a graduation, a honeymoon. In contrast, a typical «liminoid» event such as a rock concert, a rave, or a polyamorous consensual group sex party occurs outside of the mainstream, but a liminoid event marks no such life transition. The defining characteristic of the liminoid space is that all participants act as equals. Social or caste rankings are discarded, and all present enjoy an egalitarian mutual affection for one another. Turner's name for this spontaneous solidarity and love was the Latin word communitas.
  • kravenhas quoted6 years ago
    As defined by the anthropologist Victor Turner in his book The Ritual of Process: Structure and Anti-Structure (1969), liminal spaces occur at the interstices between two distinct phases of life. According to Turner, absurdity and paradox define regularity. The regularly occurring chaos of liminoid space is what allows for an otherwise organized civilization.

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