Description
Book SynopsisOffers overview of coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls, featuring a 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.
Trade Review""Carol Markstrom's book is a notable contribution to the literature on women in North American Indian societies.""—Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox,
Journal of American Ethnic HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction
1. Overview of Coming-of-Age Ceremonies2. Contemporary Youth Concerns in Historical Perspective 3. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Development4. Menstruation, Cosmology, and Feminism5. Historical Overview of Coming-of-Age Practices6. Description of the Apache Sunrise Ceremony7. Interpretation of the Apache Sunrise Ceremony8. Contemporary Navajo, Lakota, and Ojibwa Puberty Customs9. Broader Perspectives on Coming-of-Age
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