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Living through the generations : continuity and change in Navajo women's lives / Joanne McCloskey.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCloskey, Joanne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navajo women--Kinship--New Mexico--Crownpoint.
- Navajo women.
- Navajo women--New Mexico--Crownpoint--Social conditions.
- Navajo women--New Mexico--Crownpoint--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Kinship.
- Crownpoint (N.M.)--History.
- Crownpoint (N.M.).
- Crownpoint (N.M.)--Social life and customs.
- New Mexico--Crownpoint.
- New Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Navajo women's lives reflect the numerous historical changes that have transformed "the Navajo way." At the same time, in their behavior, beliefs, and values, women preserve the legacy of Navajo culture passed down through the generations. By comparing and contrasting three generations of Navajo women--grandmothers, mid-life mothers, and young mothers--similarities and differences emerge in patterns of education, work, family life, and childbearing. Women's roles as mothers and grandmothers are central to their respected position in Navajo society. Mothers bestow membership in matrilineal clans at birth and follow the example of the beloved deity Changing Woman. As guardians of cultural traditions, grandmothers actively plan and participate in ceremonies such as the Kinaalda, the puberty ceremony, for their granddaughters. Drawing on ethnographic interviews with 77 women in Crownpoint, New Mexico, and surrounding chapters in the Eastern Navajo Agency, Joanne McCloskey examines the cultural traditions evident in Navajo women's lives. Navajo women balance the demands of Western society with the desire to preserve Navajo culture for themselves and their families.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Three generations of Navajo women
- Navajo women's lives in historical and cultural context
- Navajo women and education
- Navajo women's transition to the labor force
- The family as custodian of tradition and agent of change
- Wealth in children
- Motherhood in Navajo society
- Guardians of cultural knowledge
- Themes in Crownpoint area Navajo women's lives.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816525782
- 0816525781
- 9780816526314
- 0816526311
- OCLC:
- 70668785
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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