Empowerment of North American Indian Girls: Ritual Expressions at Puberty

by Carol Markstrom (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $49.94

  Offers 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.

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $53.84

  Provides 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. Psychologist Carol A. Markstrom reviews indigenous, historical, and anthropological literatures and conveys the results of her fieldwork to provide descriptive accounts of North American Indian coming-of-age rituals.