Deviance and Liminality (From Something Old, Something Bold: Bridal Showers

question 4

Multiple Choice

Deviance and Liminality (from Something Old, Something Bold: Bridal Showers and Bachelorette Parties) BETH MONTEMURRO
-Montemurro's article focuses on:

• A) shopping as a cultural ritual, whether it is for the latest fashionable clothing or for antiques
• B) the behaviors and feelings of participants at bachelorette parties
• C) birthday celebrations at which a young person receives gifts that signify his or her new identity as an adult
• D) the return to work of middle-age women, often to jobs that are unconventional but deeply satisfying

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