The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “How birthdays shifted from simple gatherings to productions.”
- The Social History of the American Family: Birthday Parties
- Cakes in the Liknon: Votives from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth
- Festivals in Ancient Greece and Rome
- The Birthday as a Commonplace of Roman Elegy
- Roman Calendars: Imperial Birthdays, Victories and Triumphs.
- Ritual Socialization and the Children’s Birthday Party: The Early Emergence of Gender Differences
- Children’s Birthday Celebrations From the Lived Experiences of Low-Income Rural Mothers
- It is about time: Birthdays as modern rites of temporality
