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Author Markstrom, Carol A.

Title Empowerment of North American Indian girls [electronic resource] : ritual expressions at puberty / Carol A. Markstrom.

Imprint Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 425 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-397) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Indians of North America -- Social life and customs.
Indian girls -- United States -- Social life and customs.
Puberty rites -- United States.
United States -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780803232570 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803232578 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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