Status Passage

by Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss

Book Overview

The French writer Arnold van Gennep first called attention to the phenomena of status passages in his Rites of Passage one hundred years ago. In Status Passage, first published in 1971, the movement of individuals and groups in contemporary society from one status to another is examined in the light of Gennep's original theory. Glaser and Strauss demonstrate that society emerges as a comparative order. In this order, every organized action, collective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YXRHUW
• ISBN13: 9780202363387
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"