Father and Daughter: Rites of Passage

Myositis in father and daughter.

The occurrence of myositis in a father and his daughter is reported. The daughter's illness resembled childhood dermatomyositis and progressed to systemic involvement and death less than four years from the onset of symptoms. In the case of the father the illness followed the course of adult polymyositis and there was little evidence of systemic involvement. The immunological and genetic signif...

Dance Dance Education and Rites of Passage

The experience of a successful adolescent learner will be described from the student’s perspective about learning the video game Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) through selected passages from a phenomenological interview. The question driving this investigation is, “Why did she sustain engagement in learning?” The importance of this question came out of the need for background on how to create an ...

Fox-Fordyce disease in daughter and father.

On examination, discrete 2to 3-mm perifollicular papules localized to the bilateral axillae ( fig. 1 ) and the pubic area were noted. The color of the papules ranged from flesh-colored to slightly hypopigmented. Additionally, her left axilla showed areas of superficial erosion, erythema and overlying honey-colored crust ( fig. 2 ). Of particular interest, the patient’s father was also examined ...

Man Thou Art Dust: Rites of Passage in Austere Times

In response to recent calls for further cross-disciplinary research on austerity and a deeper sociological understanding of the impact and aftermath of the economic crisis on individuals and societies, this article builds on extant austerity literature through an exploration of its effects on European men. Informed by theories of liminality and rites of passage, this qualitative investigation e...

A father and daughter with fragile X chromosome.