Transitions and "trouble": Rites of passage for suburban girls

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-148

  Merten, Don E ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Girlhood; Problem behavior; Rites of passage; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244443737     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2005.36.2.132     Document Type: Review

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