Crossroads
Subtitle: the quest for contemporary rites of passage
By: edited by Louise Carus Mahdi, Nancy Geyer Christopher, and Michael Meade.
Contributors: Mahdi, Louise Carus.; Christopher, Nancy Geyer.; Meade, Michael, 1944-
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Initiation rites.; Rites and ceremonies.; Adolescence.; Developmental psychology.; Maturation (Psychology)
Description: Crossroads is a comprehensive collection of fifty cutting-edge articles on diverse aspects of the transition to adulthood, covering experiences with contemporary rites of passage, the use of rites of passage to resolve the 'youth crisis' of gangs and violence, accounts of traditional rites of passage, and how-to guidelines for creating new rites of passage that may help to save our communities from despair and destruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-422) and index.