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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. 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-AgeFootnotesReferencesIndex
