1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000793660403321

Autore

Bottino, Umbertomaria

Titolo

Pubblicare giornali e periodici : progetto, realizzazione e gestione / Umbertomaria Bottino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Editrice Bibliografica, [1998]

ISBN

88-7075-482-0

Descrizione fisica

324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

I mestieri del libro ; 13

Locazione

FARBC

Collocazione

BIBL B 251

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451595103321

Autore

Markstrom Carol A

Titolo

Empowerment of North American Indian girls [[electronic resource] ] : ritual expressions at puberty / / Carol A. Markstrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-24135-0

9786611241353

0-8032-1621-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 p.)

Disciplina

973.04/97

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Social life and customs

Indian girls - United States - Social life and customs

Puberty rites - United States

Electronic books.

United States Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-397) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contextual and methodological considerations -- Contemporary youth concerns in historical perspective -- North American Indian perspectives on human development -- Menstruation, cosmology, and feminism -- Historical overview of coming-of-age practices -- The Apache Sunrise Dance -- Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Dance -- Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa puberty customs -- Broader perspectives on coming-of-age.

Sommario/riassunto

Empowerment of North American Indian Girls is an examination of coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls past and present, featuring an in-depth look at Native ideas about human development and puberty. Many North American Indian cultures regard the transition from childhood to adulthood as a pivotal and potentially vulnerable phase of life and have accordingly devised coming-of-age rituals to affirm traditional values and community support for its members. Such rituals are a positive and enabling social force in many modern Native communities whose younger generations are wrestling