Carol A Markstrom

Empowerment of North American Indian Girls

Ritual Expressions at Puberty

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Produktbeschreibung

Carol A. Markstrom is a professor in the Department of Technology, Learning, and Culture in the College of Human Resources and Education at West Virginia University. She is the coauthor of The Adolescent Experience , fourth edition, and Adolescent Life Experiences, third edition, and has authored numerous scholarly works on adolescents and American Indians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Salish Kootenai College Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 154mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9780803232761
• ISBN-10: 0803232764
• Artikelnr.: 27878152

Autorenporträt

Carol A. Markstrom is a professor in the Department of Technology, Learning, and Culture in the College of Human Resources and Education at West Virginia University. She is the coauthor of The Adolescent Experience , fourth edition, and Adolescent Life Experiences, third edition, and has authored numerous scholarly works on adolescents and American Indians.

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Introduction
1. Overview of Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
2. Contemporary Youth Concerns in Historical Perspective
3. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Development
4. Menstruation, Cosmology, and Feminism
5. Historical Overview of Coming-of-Age Practices
6. Description of the Apache Sunrise Ceremony
7. Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Ceremony
8. Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa Puberty Customs
9. Broader Perspectives on Coming-of-Age
Footnotes
References
Index