Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 425 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0803232578
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9780803232570
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-397) and index
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Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Contextual and Methodological Considerations; 2. Contemporary Youth Concerns in Historical Perspective; 3. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Development; 4. Menstruation, Cosmology, and Feminism; 5. Historical Overview of Coming-of-Age Practices; 6. The Apache Sunrise Dance; 7. Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Dance; 8. Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa Puberty Customs; 9. Broader Perspectives on Coming-of-Age; Notes; References; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780803232570
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Empowerment of North American Indian Girls : Ritual Expressions at Puberty
Language:
English
