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UNINA9910778229103321 |
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Autore |
Markstrom Carol A |
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Titolo |
Empowerment of North American Indian girls [[electronic resource] ] : ritual expressions at puberty / / Carol A. Markstrom |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-24135-0 |
9786611241353 |
0-8032-1621-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (455 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians of North America - Social life and customs |
Indian girls - United States - Social life and customs |
Puberty rites - United States |
United States Social life and customs |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-397) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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