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Author:
Smelser, Neil J.
Title:
The odyssey experience : physical, social, psychological, and spiritual journeys / Neil J. Smelser.
Publisher:
University of California Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Insight.
Introspection.
Life change events.
Vision quests.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Voyages and travels.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-248) and index.
Contents:
The essentials of the experience -- Autobiographical roots : some personal odysseys -- Religious foundations and their derivatives -- Secularized and commercialized odysseys -- Some miscellaneous, more or less invented experiences -- Some coercive odyssey experiences -- Additional theoretical reflections.
ISBN:
0520258975 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520258976 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)261204369
LCCN:
2008040509
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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