Cultural Views of Life Phases

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 507-515

  Grove, M Annette ^a   Lancy, David F ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural variation; Cultural models; Development; Ethnography; Life phases; Rites of passage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940478808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.23146-2     Document Type: Chapter

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