Sentence examples for gennel from inspiring English sources
noun
A ginnel. Especially characteristic of South Yorkshire dialect.
Gennep also made studies of European folklore, viewing folk literature and practices as aspects of a living culture rather than as remains of a dead one.
1873 Württemberg, Germany 1957 Arnold van Gennep, in full Charles-Arnold Kurr van Gennep (born 1873, Württemberg, Ger. died 1957) French ethnographer and folklorist, best known for his studies of the rites of passage of various cultures.
Gennep learned a remarkable number of languages, 18 by his own count, and thus could effectively use linguistic and philological facts in his ethnographic studies.
Gennep offered interpretations of the significance of these rites as forms of social regeneration, based on such natural symbols as death and rebirth.
Although Gennep was born in Germany and had a Dutch father, he lived most of his life and received his education in France, his mother's native country.
Within walking distance are the Rotterdam Art Foundation, which holds forth in a small hall in the back of Café De Unie, a bistro in a replica of the building by J. J. P. Oud that once stood on the same spot at Mauritsweg 34, 31-100) 411-7394, and the Van Gennep bookstore (with a separate Rotterdam section) at Oude Binnenweg 131-B, 31-100) 433-0592.
Gennep's major work was Les Rites de Passage (1909; The Rites of Passage), in which he systematically compared those ceremonies that celebrate an individual's transition from one status to another within a given society.
Directed by Martin Koolhoven; written by Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Mr. Koolhaven, based on the novel "Oorlogswinter" by Jan Terlouw; director of photography, Guido van Gennep; edited by Job Ter Burg; music by Pino Donaggio; production design by Floris Vos; costumes by Alette Kraan; produced by Els Vandevorst and San Fu Maltha; released by Sony Pictures Classics.
Directed by Paula van der Oest; written by Carel Donck; director of photography, Guido van Gennep; music by Fons Merkies; production designer, Harry Ammerlaan; produced by Emjay Rechsteiner; released by Indican Pictures.
