Theoretical reflections on rites of passage in Hungarian therapeutic community

Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 178-201

  Seltzer, Michael ^a   Gabor, Keleman ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Addiction; Anthropological fieldwork; Chronotope; Ritual; Therapeutic community

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849117339     PISSN: 1556035X     EISSN: 15560368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15560350903038775     Document Type: Article

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