Becoming an Adult: Australian Rites of Passage as Practised at the Present Time

Authors

  • Melissa Saunders University of New England

Keywords:

Rites of Passage, Australia, Schoolies Week,

Abstract

Australian Rites of Passage have recently become a complex matter, one of the issues of social independence, somewhat provocative display, escape from the family, show of independence—and a touching vulnerability, this much perpetuated by much wider difficult financial circumstances in recent years.

Author Biography

Melissa Saunders, University of New England

c/- English Discipline, Communication, Media and Writing, School of Arts, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, 2351.

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Published

2011-11-05

Issue

Vol. 26 (2011): Notions of Defiance; the Tragedy of Wars of Retaliation, and our Celtic Heritage

Section

Studies in Australian Folklore

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