Weaving Women's Lives : Three Generations in a Navajo Family

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ISBN: 9780826342782 | 0826342787
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/16/2007

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Well-known anthropologist Lamphere highlights the voices of three generations of Navajo women who are weaving their traditional beliefs with modern American culture to create a new blueprint for their lives and the next generations.

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Weaving Women's Lives	p. 1
The Main Stalk: Placing the Mountain Recess People on the Landscape	p. 20
"I Used To Herd Sheep All Around Here": Eva's Childhood, Sheep Herding, and the Trauma of Stock Reduction	p. 45
"This Is Your Land": Eva's Father, His Teachings, and Coming of Age	p. 70
After the War: Things Fall Apart	p. 96
Eva's Conversion: Regaining a Place of Blessing	p. 127
Carole's Adolescence and Motherhood	p. 160
"It Was Really My Grandmother Who Raised Me": Valerie's Childhood	p. 189
Valerie's High School	p. 217
Valerie's College Years	p. 228
Epilogue: 2006	p. 259
Notes	p. 275
References	p. 304
Navajo Pronunciation Key	p. 308
Index	p. 309
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Weaving Women's Lives : Three Generations in a Navajo Family

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