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An ethnography of the Navajo reproductive cycle
American Indian quarterly • 6 (1 & 2) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 52-70
By: Wright, Anne Lucille.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Wright interviews 'traditional' and 'acculturated' Navajo women about menarche, menstruation, fertility, and menopause. Some of the findings include: i) 'traditional' women had more positive attitude towards menstruation, ii) 'acculturated' women practiced contraception, and iii) menopause is viewed by 'traditional' women with less trepidation, just another stage in the reproductive cycle.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Menstruation
- Conception
- Senescence
- Status and treatment of the aged
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Nation, southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anne Wright
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74647596
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians