Empowerment of North American Indian Girls: Ritual Expressions at Puberty

by Carol A. Markstrom

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803232578
• ISBN13: 9780803232570
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"