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Living through the generations : continuity and change in Navajo women's lives /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCloskey, Joanne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Navajo women > Kinship > New Mexico > Crownpoint.
Navajo women > New Mexico > Crownpoint > Social conditions.
Navajo women > New Mexico > Crownpoint > Economic conditions.
Crownpoint (N.M.) > History.
Crownpoint (N.M.) > Social life and customs.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Three generations of Navajo women
  • Navajo women's lives in historical and cultural context
  • Navajo women and education
  • Navajo women's transition to the labor force
  • The family as custodian of tradition and agent of change
  • Wealth in children
  • Motherhood in Navajo society
  • Guardians of cultural knowledge
  • Themes in Crownpoint area Navajo women's lives.