When girls encounter puberty

When girls encounter puberty is a short film from 1958 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Employs dance routines and originally scored music to portray female adolescent rituals as a means of passing girls to womanhood. Points out how the passage from childhood to womanhood is made and the type of womanhood that emerges. Compares the ritu...

When girls encounter puberty
Release date	1958
Running time	0:33:00

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More Details

internal id

71144

Summary

Employs dance routines and originally scored music to portray female adolescent rituals as a means of passing girls to womanhood. Points out how the passage from childhood to womanhood is made and the type of womanhood that emerges. Compares the rituals of Americans, Apache Indians, and the Andaman Islanders. (KUHT) Film.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:33:00)

16mm

IUL Genres

Educational

Dance

IUL Subject

Puberty

Puberty rites.

Full Original Title

When girls encounter puberty