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ERIC Number: EJ576606
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-7761
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Navajo Mothers and Daughters: Schools, Jobs, and the Family.
Deyhle, Donna; Margonis, Frank
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v26 n2 p135-167 Jun 1995
Studies Navajo women's family orientation in reservation society and its conflict with contemporary educational practice and the work world, especially in the city. The focus on individualistic lifestyle and adoption of middle-class values accounts for the inability of schools to meet Navajo women's needs. (MMU)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Daughters, Ethnography, Family Relationship, Family Work Relationship, Feminism, Mothers, Navajo (Nation), Secondary Education, Sex Role, Womens Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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