Alice Schlegel

Biographic Data

ID76285
NAMEAlice Schlegel
GIVEN NAMESAlice
FAMILY NAMESchlegel
SIGNATURESCHLEGEL A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Arizona
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS45
TOTAL CITATIONS386
AUTHOR COUNT45
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1973
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX11

  • Pain, Fear, and Circumcision in Boys’ Adolescent Initiation Ceremonies

    Open AccessAlice Schlegel, Herbert BarryARTICLECross-Cultural Research2017Cited by: 1References: 27

    Rituals that induce pain or instill fear occur in the majority of boys’ adolescent initiation ceremonies. They have been accounted for in several ways: as resolving a psychological conflict, as expressing dominance over juniors, as promoting male bonding, and as preparation for participation in war. This cross-cultural study examines these harsh rituals and concludes that they are a form of adult male control over adolescent boys and unmarried (s…

  • Contributions of Anthropology to the Study of Adolescence

    Open AccessAlice Schlegel, Bonnie L HewlettARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2011Cited by: 6References: 17

    Adolescence researchers can turn to anthropology to learn the methods of ethnography and cultural comparisons, and they can mine its large database of information on cultures worldwide. But anthropology's single most important contribution is the concept of culture, the mosaic of a group's learned and shared, or at least understood, beliefs, practices, and modes of expression. Although there have been several notable anthropological studies of ad…

  • Human development and cultural transmission

    Alice SchlegelARTICLEAnthropologischer Anzeiger2011

    Transmission of cultural knowledge to children takes several forms. This paper argues that there are three basic forms of cultural transmission, which are introduced sequentially at different stages of development. Earlier forms are retained as new ones are added, and all three forms are used in adult cultural transmissions. The introduction of new forms is made possible by the cognitive and behavioral consequences of neurological and hormonal ch…

  • Evolutionary Principles of Human Adolescence

    Alice Schlegel, Glenn E WeisfeldARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2001

  • Negotiating Adolescence in Times of Social Change

    Open AccessGlen H Elder, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn et al.BOOKNegotiating Adolescence in Times…1999

    The decline of the socialist governments in Eastern and Central Europe and the resulting political and economic reorganizations of the 1990s provided a dramatic illustration of the far-reaching effects of social change. For those interested in the health and well-being of youth, such instances of social upheaval raise the question of how young people are affected socially and psychologically by societal changes, and whether their development is c…

  • The Social Criteria of Adulthood

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEHuman Development1998

  • Adolescent Apprentices in Germany: Adult Attachment, Job Expectations, and Delinquency Attitudes

    Open AccessSusan B Silverberg, Alexander T Vazsonyi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescent Research1998Cited by: 3References: 5

    Guided by Hamilton's discussion on apprenticeships and adolescent delinquency, the goals of the present exploratory study were twofold: (a) to document variation in delinquency (attitudes and behavior), attachment to adults, optimism about occupational future, and disposition toward aggressiveness among a group (N = 43) of German apprentices; and (b) to examine the relations among attachment to adults, optimism about occupational future, and deli…

  • Unruly Youth

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1998

    History of Young People in the West. Vols. and 2. Giovanni Levi and Jean-Claude Schmitt. eds. Camille Naish, trans. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. 818 pp

  • A Cross-Cultural Approach to Adolescence

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEEthos1995Cited by: 23References: 8

  • Social/Cultural Anthropology: A History of Youth. Michael Mitterauer ( Graeme Dunphy , trans)

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1994

  • Dowry: Who Competes for What

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1993Cited by: 5References: 8

  • Adolescence: An Anthropological Inquiry

    Michael Moffatt, Alice Schlegel et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1992

  • African Political Models in the American Southwest: Hopi as an Internal Frontier Society

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1992Cited by: 14References: 18

    Most ethnological and archeological analyses of Pueblo social organization derive its particular character from the need to adapt to an arid environment. This article challenges an ecological interpretation (without dismissing ecological constraints), finding similarities between the organization of one Pueblo society, the Hopi, and features of what Kopytoff calls "internal frontier societies" in Africa. Hopi political and ceremonial organization…

  • Adolescence: An anthropological inquiry

    Alice Schlegel, Herbert BarryARTICLEChoice Reviews Online1991

    The anthropological study of adolescence -- An ethological approach to human social organization -- Looking at adolescent socialization across cultures -- Adolescents and their families -- Peer groups and community participation -- Marriage, mating and the duration of adolescence -- Adolescent sexuality -- Violating cultural norms -- The adolescent self -- Gender differences: Final and proximate causes

  • Status, Property, and the Value on Virginity

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEAmerican Ethnologist1991Cited by: 27References: 19

    This article tests and confirms the proposition that a cultural value on the virginity of girls is, in large part, a function of the form of marriage transaction. The study is based on a worldwide sample of preindustrial societies and includes an interpretation of the association between several forms of marriage transaction and a prescription of or preference for premarital female virginity. Several other explanations for the value on virginity …

  • General/Theoretical Anthropology: A Treatise on Social Theory, Volume 2 : Substantive Social Theory. W. G. Runciman

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1990

  • Deliberate Acts: Changing Hopi Culture Through the Oraibi Split

    Alice Schlegel, P M WhiteleyARTICLEThe American Indian Quarterly1990Cited by: 1

  • Gender Issues and Cross-Cultural Research

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEBehavior Science Research1989Cited by: 8References: 15

    Gender issues have compelled comparativists to look at research problems in new ways. This paper addresses some of these problems and the methodological issues they entail. It surveys a few of the recent comparative studies of the social and cultural construction of gender and suggests some topics for further research

  • Street Children of Cali. Lewis Aptekar

    Alice SchlegelARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research1989

  • Hopi Indian Altar Iconography . Armin W. Geertz

    Alice Schlegel, Emory SekaquaptewaARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research1988

  • Marriage Transactions: Labor, Property, Status

    Open AccessAlice Schlegel, Rohn EloulARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1988Cited by: 26References: 21

    Marriage transactions-bridewealth, dowry, indirect dowry, and so on-and the absence of transactions have been shown to have a patterned distribution worldwide. This article attempts to account for these patterns by looking at marriage transactions as mechanisms by which households provide for labor needs, distribute property, and maintain or enhance status. A major factor in determining type of marriage transaction is the presence and type of pro…

  • Daughters of the Dreaming . Diane Bell Women and Community in Oman . Christine Eickelman Women, Power, and Economic Change: The Nandi of Kenya . Regina Smith Oboler Capitalism and Confrontation in Sum…

    Alice SchlegelARTICLESigns: Journal of Women in…1987

  • A New Coding of Marriage Transactions

    Open AccessAlice Schlegel, Rohn EloulARTICLEBehavior Science Research1987Cited by: 13References: 6

  • Anxious Pleasures: The Sexual Lives of an Amazonian People

    Alice SchlegelREVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1986

  • General/Theoretical Anthropology: In Her Prime: A New View of Middle‐Aged Women . Judith K. Brown and Virginia Kerns

    Open AccessAlice SchlegelARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1986