Age-identities and the celebration of birthdays

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 463-477

  Bytheway, Bill ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthdays; Chronological age; Experience; Social identity

Indexed keywords

AGE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22744459306     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X05003831     Document Type: Article

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