Napholz L
Napa Valley College, 2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa, CA 94558, USA.
Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res. 2000;9(3):49-70. doi: 10.5820/aian.0903.2000.49.
The purpose of this qualitative study of a 6-week effectiveness trial was to describe among a group of urban American Indian women, the process of successful traditionalism in the form of bicultural resynthesis. Bicultural resynthesis represents a major current attempt on the part of the participants to integrate traditional and contemporary demands in a positive, culturally-consistent manner. The themes of shame and isolation, adapting to survive, deculturation, ethnic switching/renewal, and bicultural resynthesis are discussed. Further support is achieved for retraditionalization of American Indian women s roles as an effective means of achieving American Indian self-determination and as a potential way of helping women overcome problems.
这项为期6周的有效性试验的定性研究旨在描述一群美国城市印第安妇女中以双文化再融合形式呈现的成功传统主义过程。双文化再融合是参与者目前以积极、文化一致的方式整合传统与当代需求的主要尝试。文中讨论了羞耻与孤立、适应生存、文化适应不良、种族转换/更新以及双文化再融合等主题。美国印第安妇女角色的再传统化作为实现美国印第安人自决的有效手段以及帮助妇女克服问题的潜在方式，得到了进一步支持。
