Celebrating life customs around the world : from baby showers to funerals / / Victoria Williams
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| Autore: |
Williams Victoria
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| Titolo: |
Celebrating life customs around the world : from baby showers to funerals / / Victoria Williams
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Barbara, California : , : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, , [2017] |
| �2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (3 volumes, plates) : color illustrations, portraits |
| Disciplina: | 390 |
| Soggetto topico: | Manners and customs |
| Rites and ceremonies | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | v. 1. Birth and childhood -- v. 2. Adolescence and early adulthood -- v. 3. Aging and death. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "This multivolume encyclopedia concentrates on rites of passage, traditions, rituals, and life customs that take place around the world. The scope of this book takes in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and even outer space, and covers customs experienced by men, women, children, and animals, in groups or as individuals. Volume 1 examines customs pertaining to birth and early childhood. Volume 2 looks at the coming-of-age customs of adolescents and those in early adulthood. Volume 3 covers entries relating to aging and death"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Celebrating life customs around the world |
| ISBN: | 979-82-16-05857-1 |
| 1-4408-3659-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910150292203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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