| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 425 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-397) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Indians of North America -- Social life and customs.
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Indian girls -- United States -- Social life and customs
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Puberty rites -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
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Indians of North America -- Social life and customs
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Manners and customs
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Puberty rites
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Mädchen
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Pubertät
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Übergangsritus
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United States -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140527
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United States
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USA
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Indianer.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803216211 |
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0803216211 |
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9786611241353 |
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6611241353 |
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