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Empowerment of North American Indian girls : ritual expressions at puberty / Carol A. Markstrom.
Penn Museum Library E98.S7 M24 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markstrom, Carol A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
- Indians of North America.
- Indian girls--United States--Social life and customs.
- Indian girls.
- Puberty rites--United States.
- Puberty rites.
- Manners and customs.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 425 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2008]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-397) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780803232570
- 0803232578
- OCLC:
- 155756699
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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