Contemporary adulthood: Reconceptualizing an uncontested category

Current Sociology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 771-792

  Blatterer, Harry ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adulthood; Childhood; Discourse; Practices; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548950342     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392107081985     Document Type: Article

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