Empowerment of North American Indian girls : ritual expressions at puberty /
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 a...
| Основен автор: | Markstrom, Carol A. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=219101 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Empowerment of North American Indian girls. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvii, 425 pages, [9] pages of plates) : illustrations |
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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. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-397) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780803216211 0803216211 |