Process of Socialization: Related Internet Sites

Related Internet Sites

Cross-cultural Comparison of Child Rearing Practices:

Diverse Contexts of Human Infancy (very informative article by Barry S. Hewlett; Washington State University Vancouver)

Biographical links:

    Arnold Van Gennep:

Rites of Passage and Transition (description and analysis of Van Gennep's ideas about rites of passage by Victor Turner and Ari Nave--site created by Joseph McNair, Miami Dade Community College)

    Ruth Benedict:

Library of Congress Citations of Ruth Benedict (compete library catalog listing of Benedict's publications and links to Amazon.com to buy them)

Ruth Benedict: her life and work (a good, short biography by Susan K. Hochman in the Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society at Webster University)

    Margaret Mead:

Margaret Mead: her life and work (a good, short biography in the Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society at Webster University)

Margaret Mead 1901-1979 (short biography and list of publications by and about her--University of San Francisco)

World View:

American Indian Heritage and World-View (essays assembled by James Q. Jacobs)

Body Ritual among the Nacirema (a classic tongue in cheek view of North Americans by Horace Miner)

Hmong World View and Social Structure (an extensive research paper written by Gary Yia Lee--Lao Studies Society online at lao.net)

The Medieval World-view (a lecture in The History Guide "Lectures on Ancient and Medieval European History")

The Apocalyptic World View (an article by James Tabor written for the P.B.S. Frontline T.V.series on apocalyptic Christianity)

World-view and Ideology as a Subject of Research (an analytical article by Marko Junkkarinen--University of Joensuu)

Rites of Passage:

Passage Into Manhood: A modern ritual for young men (article by Steven Foster from In Context a Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture)

The Rituals of American Hospital Birth (an interesting, extensive article written from the perspective of Arnold Van Gennep's analysis of rites of passage--by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd)

Genital Surgery: (NOTE: The organizations that wish to eliminate clitoridectomy and infibulation have been very active in setting up web sites. Counter arguments from indigenous societies are currently underrepresented on the web. As a result, the following links do not provide a complete unbiased picture.)

Circumcision: A Medical or a Human Rights Issue? (extensive article by Marilyn Fayre Milos and Donna Macris--Journal of Nurse-Midwifery)

Episiotomy: Ritual Genital Mutilation in Western Obstetrics (extensive bibliography maintained by J. Hughes)

Female Circumcision in Africa (editorial by Gloria Emeagwali et.al. in AfricaUpdate, Central Connecticut State University African Studies Program)

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