Birthday celebration as a ritualistic regulator of the transition to adulthood: contemporary models and practices of the ceremony Cover Image

День рождения как ритуальный регулятор возрастного перехода – современные модели и практики празднования
Birthday celebration as a ritualistic regulator of the transition to adulthood: contemporary models and practices of the ceremony

Author(s): Elena Petrova
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Gender history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Ritual; transition.

Summary/Abstract: This article gives an idea of possible approaches on dynamics of contemporary celebration of life-circle fests. The author attempts to organize in a system her findings during field work related to new emerging birthday’s parties.

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 205-216
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian