Rituals and patterns in children's lives
By: edited by Kathy Merlock Jackson.
Contributors: Jackson, Kathy Merlock, 1955-
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Family -- United States; Rites and ceremonies -- United States; Children -- United States -- Family relationships; United States -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Ray and Pat Browne book."
Table of contents: title: The endurance of ethnic family rituals / Anne Tuominen; title: Stories my father told me / Mark West; title: Hindu samskras : milestones of child development / Jyotsna M. Kalavar; title: Bar and bat mitzvah : rites of affirmation and integration / Ellen J. Narotzky Kennedy; title: The American girl at her sampler, c. 1633-1850 : inspiring a feminine ideal / Luise van Keuren; title: The journey to school : illustrations from popular American magazines 1900-1962 / Barbara Martinson; title: The ritual of doll play : implications of understanding children's conceptualization of race / Sabrina Thomas; title: Playing the game : rituals in children's games / Sally Sugarman; title: Petals and patriarchy : the flower girl in American weddings / Kathy Merlock Jackson; title: Newsboy funerals : tales of sorrow and solidarity in urban America / Vincent DiGirolamo; title: The adventures of Tom Sawyer and the great brain : liminality, ritual, and race in the construction of the "real American boy" / Leona W. Fisher; title: The many faces of childhood : costume as ritualized behavior / Jamie McMinn and H. Alan Pickrell; title: Growing up with westerns / Ray Merlock; title: From gigapets to internet : computer technology rituals of childhood / Jo Ann Oravec.