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



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Autore: Markstrom Carol A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Empowerment of North American Indian girls : ritual expressions at puberty / / Carol A. Markstrom Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (455 p.)
Disciplina: 973.04/97
Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Social life and customs
Indian girls - United States - Social life and customs
Puberty rites - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Social life and customs
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
Titolo autorizzato: Empowerment of North American Indian girls  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-24135-0
9786611241353
0-8032-1621-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812199803321
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