Empowerment of North American Indian Girls : Ritual Expressions at Puberty /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Markstrom, Carol A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Puberty rites > United States.
Indian girls > United States > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
United States > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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