Book

Kinaaldá: a study of the Navaho girl's puberty ceremony

Wesleyan University PressMiddletown, Conn. • Published In 1967 • Pages:

By: Frisbie, Charlotte Johnson.

Abstract
This is a study of the girl's puberty ceremony, the KINAALDA. Frisbie draws on her own observations, interviews, and recordings, as well as those other field workers and ethnographers. She fully describes two ceremonies that she observed and discusses the music, which is the prime focus of the study. She uses and compares music recorded in 1929, 1957, and 1963, and from different parts of Navajo country. She provides full musical script for many of the songs with words in Navajo and English.
Subjects
Music
Puberty and initiation
Texts in the speaker's language
Texts translated into english
culture
Navajo
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard ; 2003
Field Date
1963-1964
Coverage Date
1957-1964
Coverage Place
Arizona and New Mexico, United States
Notes
By Charlotte Johnson Frisbie
Based on the author's master's thesis, Wesleyan University
Includes music
Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-421) and index
LCCN
67024106
LCSH
Navajo Indians