The Red Hat Society®: Exploring the role of play, liminality, and Communitas in older women's lives

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 51-73

  Mackay Yarnal, Careen ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communitas; Liminality; Older women; Play; Red Hat Society

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33749005659     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v18n03_05     Document Type: Article

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