Women's Rites of Passage

Women's Rites of Passage
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 0742547485
ISBN-13 : 9780742547483
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Book Synopsis Women's Rites of Passage by : Abigail Brenner

Download or read book Women's Rites of Passage written by Abigail Brenner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's Rites of Passage grew out of Abigail Brenner s desire to answer some fundamental questions about the role of rites of passage in contemporary women s lives. Relying on a research study involving over 50 women, Brenner shows how women today understand the need to take responsibility for their lives and for directing their own paths, and are beginning to do so by creating their own very personal rites of passage.


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