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Coming of age the RITE way : youth and community development through rites of passage /

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This work examines the relationship between adolescents' passage to adulthood and community adaptation, resiliency, and survival. It reviews the literature on initiation and rites of passage along with relevant concepts from community psychology, especially the notion of a psychological sense o...

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Main Author: Blumenkrantz, David G., 1952- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Youth development.
Rites and ceremonies.
Jeunesse > Développement.
Rites et cérémonies.
ceremonies.
rites.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Rites and ceremonies
Youth development
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This work examines the relationship between adolescents' passage to adulthood and community adaptation, resiliency, and survival. It reviews the literature on initiation and rites of passage along with relevant concepts from community psychology, especially the notion of a psychological sense of community. Cross-cultural ethnographies and case studies offer examples of traditional initiation rites. Elements central to a psychological sense of community and community-oriented rites of passage are explored.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190297367
0190297360
9780190297343
0190297344