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 Troisième Âge: Communitas or Conflict Judith Okely. Name Index. Subject Index.