TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1946//
TI  - Life Aboard an Armed-Guard Ship
JO  - American journal of sociology
A1  - Berkman, Paul L.
SP  - 380
EP  - 387
VL  - 51
IS  - 5
N2  - In port an armed-guard ship, divorced of its primary function, becomes unorganized and tends to lose its shipshape character; a "scattering-ashore" process begins. The ship, devoid of men and with social interaction reduced to a minimum thereby, disintegrates as a social unit. Under way, with routine duties and collective expectations re-established, the ship assumes a social identity through the development of group solidarity and integration. A landlubber, thrust into this situation, becomes a sailor in a context of shipboard discourse, rough weather and the development of sea legs, informal initiatory ritual, standing watches, general quarters, and the imminence of enemy attack.<p />
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SN  - 0002-9602
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/219847
ID  - ref1
ER  -