Life cycle and the events that characterize it - childhood, adolescence, work, couple formation, child birth, retirement, old age, departure from life - as seen through the eyes of the anthropologist that examines the cultural models and their mode of transmission between generations, and of psychologist, which focuses on the dynamics more or less conscious that work within families and the individual. A book written using clear and concise language, aimed not so much to communicate certainties but to arouse interest and curiosity about the phenomenon still largely unintelligible and complex...