Year: 1981
Type: article
Abstract: The usefulness of this article should not be discounted because it is based on only 24 subjects.It highlights well the deficiencies in the assumptions that many sociologists and anthropologists have made about rites de passage.It also illustrates that chronological age is still an important principle of social differentiation accepted by a broad cross section of social groups and not just the medical profession.
Source: Ageing and Society
Author: Mary L. M. Gilhooly
Institutions: University of Aberdeen, Medical Research Council
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2144010155