Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx : Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course (Hardcover)

List of Contributors.? Preface.? 1. The Riddled Course: Theories of Age and its Transformations Paul Spencer? 2. A Dangerous Age: From Boy to Young Man in Red Xhosa Youth Organisations Philip Mayer and Iona Mayer? 3. The Social Process of Adolescence in a Therapeutic Community Iain Edgar? 4. Coming of Age Among Jews: Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Ceremonies Leonard Mars??5. Interpreting Life Texts and Negotiating Life Courses: Youth, Ethnicity and Culture Paul Yates? 6. The Notion of Adulthood in Rural Soviet Georgian Society Tamara Dragadze? 7. Metaphors the Chinese Age By Stuart Thompson? 8. Growing Old Gracefully: Physical, Social and Spiritual Transformations in Venda Society, 1956?66 John Blacking? 9. Dimensions of Adulthood in Britain: Long-term Unemployment and Mental Handicap Richard Jenkins? 10. The Social Construction of Parenthood in the People’s Republic of China Elisabeth Croll? 11. Old Master, Young Master: Retirement on Finnish Farms Ray Abrahams? 12. Strategies for Old Age Among the Berti of the Sudan Ladislav Holy? 13. Dimensions of Change: Three Studies of the Construction of Ageing Haim Hazan? 14. Clubs for le Troisieme Age: Communitas or Conflict Judith Okely.? Name Index.? Subject Index.