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The Establishment of Identity in a Social Nexus: The Special Case of Initiation Ceremonies and Their Relation to Value and Legal Systems

1964; Wiley; Volume: 66; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/aa.1964.66.3.02a00020

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Yehudi A. Cohen,

Anthropological Studies and Insights

American AnthropologistVolume 66, Issue 3 p. 529-552 The Establishment of Identity in a Social Nexus: The Special Case of Initiation Ceremonies and Their Relation to Value and Legal Systems YEHUDI A. COHEN, YEHUDI A. COHEN University of California, DavisSearch for more papers by this author YEHUDI A. COHEN, YEHUDI A. COHEN University of California, DavisSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1964 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1964.66.3.02a00020Citations: 31AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL REFERENCES CITED Befu, Harumi and Plotnicov, Leonard 1962 Types of corporate unilineal descent groups. American Anthropologist 64: 313– 327. Bohannan, Paul 1963 Social anthropology. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Brown, Judith K. 1963 A cross-cultural study of female initiation rites. American Anthropologist 65: 837– 853. Burton, Roger V. and John W. M. Whiting 1961 The absent father and cross-sex identity. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly of Behavior and Development 7: 85– 95. Cohen, Yehudi A. 1961 Social structure and personality: a casebook. New York, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Cohen, Yehudi A. 1964 The transition from childhood to adolescence: cross-cultural studies of initiation ceremonies, legal systems, and incest taboos. Chicago, Aldine Publishing Company. Cohen, Yehudi A. ms. Macro-ethnology: large scale comparative studies. In James A. Clifton, Introduction to cultural anthropology: essays in the scope and methods of the science of man. (Forthcoming) Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. Coult, Allan D. 1963 Unconscious inference and cultural origins. American Anthropologist 65: 32– 35. Erikson, Erik 1962 Youth: fidelity and diversity—Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Winter) 5– 27. Greene, Paul M. and Karl U. Smith 1963 Maturation of performance with space-displaced vision. Science 141: 727– 728. Gluckman, Max 1955 Custom and conflict in Africa. New York, Free Press. Hoebel, E. Adamson 1954 The law of primitive man; a study in comparative legal dynamics. Cambridge, Harvard University Press. Inkeles, Alex 1955 Social change and social character: the role of parental mediation. Journal of Social Issues 11 no. 2: 12– 23. Inkeles, Alex 1960 Industrial man: the relation of status to experience, perception and value. American Journal of Sociology 66: 1– 31. Kenyon, A. T., Knowlton, K., and Sandeford, I. 1944 The anabolic effects of the androgens and somatic growth in man. Annals of Internal Medicine 20: 632– 654. Kunstadter, Ralph 1938 The induction of premature puberty with androgenic substance. Endocrinology 23: 661– 665. Kunstadter, Ralph 1950 The nutritional and endocrine control of growth in children. In Progress in clinical endocrinology, Samuel Soskin, ed. New York, Grune and Stratton. LeVine, Robert A. and Barbara 1963 Nyansongo: a Gusii community in Kenya. In Six cultures: studies of child rearing, B. B. Whiting ed. New York, John Wiley and Sons. Michaels, Joseph J. 1959 Character structure and character disorders. In The American handbook of psychiatry, S. Arieti ed., Vol. 1: 353– 377. New York, Basic Books. Obeyesekere, G. 1963 Pregnancy cravings (dola-duka) in relation to social structure and personality in a Sinhalese village. American Anthropologist 65: 323– 342. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. 1940 Preface. In African political systems, M. Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard eds. London, Oxford University Press. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. 1952 Primitive Law. In Structure and function: essays and addresses of A. R. Radcliffe-Brown. New York, The Free Press. Tylor, E. B. 1889 On a method of investigating the development of institutions. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 18: 245– 269. Van Gennep, Arnold 1960 The rites of passage (V by Monika Vizedom and G. L. Caffee). Chicago, University of Chicago Press. WFMH1957 Identity. Introductory study no. 1. London, World Federation of Mental Health. Whiting, John W. M. 1962 Comment (to Frank W. Young 1962). American Journal of Sociology 67: 391– 394. Whiting, John W. M., Richard Kluckhohn and Albert Anthony 1958 The function of male initiation ceremonies at puberty. In Readings in social psychology, E. Maccoby, T. M. Newcomb, and E. L. Hartley, (eds.). New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Young, Frank W. 1962 The function of male initiation ceremonies: a cross-cultural test of an alternative hypothesis. American Journal of Sociology 67: 379– 391. Citing Literature Volume66, Issue3June 1964Pages 529-552 ReferencesRelatedInformation