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Empowerment of North American Indian girls : ritual expressions at puberty /
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 a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 with substance abuse, mental health problems, suicide, and school dropout. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 425 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-397) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803216211 0803216211 9786611241353 6611241353 |