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Anthropology and child development : a cross-cultural reader /

Contributor(s): LeVine, Robert Alan, 1932- | New, Rebecca Staples.
Series: Blackwell anthologies in social and cultural anthropology: 11.Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2008Description: x, 324 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780631229759 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780631229759:; 0631229752 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780631229766 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0631229760 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Anthropology | Children -- Cross-cultural studies | Socialization -- Cross-cultural studies | Child development -- Cross-cultural studies | Children -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies | Child rearing -- Cross-cultural studies | EthnologyDDC classification: 305.23
Contents:
Introduction / Robert A. LeVine, Rebecca S. New -- pt. I. Discovering diversity in childhood : early works -- Introduction -- 1. Plasticity in child development / Franz Boas -- 2. The ethnography of childhood / Margaret Mead -- 3. Childhood in the Trobriand Islands, Melanesia / Bronislaw Malinowski -- 4. Tallensi childhood in Ghana / Meyer Fortes -- 5. Continuities and discontinuities in cultural conditioning / Ruth Benedict -- pt. II. Infant care : cultural variation in parental goals and practices -- Introduction -- 6. The comparative study of parenting -- Robert A. LeVine, Suzanne Dixon, Sarah E. LeVine, Amy Richman, Constance Keefer, P. Herbert Liederman, T. Berry Brazelton -- 7. Infant care in the Kalahari Desert / Melvin J. Konner -- 8. Multiple caregiving in the Ituri Forest / Edward Z. Tronick, Gilda A. Morelli, Steve Winn -- 9. Fathers and infants among Aka pygmies / Barry S. Hewlett -- 10. Swaddling, cradleboards and the development of children / James S. Chisholm -- 11. Talking and playing with babies : ideologies of child-rearing / Catherine Snow, Akke de Blauw, Ghislaine Van Roosmalen -- 12. Attachment anthropological perspective / Robert A. LeVine, Karin Norman -- 13. An experiment in infant care : children of the kibbutz / Melford E. Spiro with the assistance of Audrey G. Spiro.
pt. III. Early childhood : language acquisition, socialization and enculturation -- Introduction -- 14. The acquisition of communicative style in Japanese / Patricia M. Clancy -- 15. Why African children are so hard to test / Sara Harkness, Charles M. Super -- 16. Autonomy and aggression in the three-year-old : the Utku Eskimo case / Jean L. Briggs -- 17. Narrating transgressions in U.S. and Taiwan / Peggy J. Miller, Todd L. Sandel, Chung-Hui Liang, Heidi Fung -- 18. Child's play in Italian perspective / Rebecca S. New -- 19. Discussione and friendship in Italian peer culture / William A. Corsaro, Thomas A. Rizzo -- pt. IV. Middle and later childhood : work, play, participation, learning -- Introduction -- 20. Age and responsibility / Barbara Rogoff, Martha Julia Sellers, Sergio Pirrotta, Nathan Fox, Sheldon H. White -- 21. Child and sibling caregiving / Thomas S. Weisner, Ronald Gallimore -- 22. Altruistic and egoistic behavior of children in six cultures / John W.M. Whiting, Beatrice Blyth Whiting -- 23. Children's daily lives among the Yucatec Maya / Suzanne Gaskins -- 24. Children's work, play and relationships among the Giriama of Kenya / Martha Wenger.
Summary: The authors present a history of cross-cultural approaches to child-development. Recent articles examine diverse contexts of childhood in ecological, semiotic, and sociolinguistic terms. The book serves as an ideal text for anthropology courses focusing on childhood, as well as classes on development psychology.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Robert A. LeVine, Rebecca S. New -- pt. I. Discovering diversity in childhood : early works -- Introduction -- 1. Plasticity in child development / Franz Boas -- 2. The ethnography of childhood / Margaret Mead -- 3. Childhood in the Trobriand Islands, Melanesia / Bronislaw Malinowski -- 4. Tallensi childhood in Ghana / Meyer Fortes -- 5. Continuities and discontinuities in cultural conditioning / Ruth Benedict -- pt. II. Infant care : cultural variation in parental goals and practices -- Introduction -- 6. The comparative study of parenting -- Robert A. LeVine, Suzanne Dixon, Sarah E. LeVine, Amy Richman, Constance Keefer, P. Herbert Liederman, T. Berry Brazelton -- 7. Infant care in the Kalahari Desert / Melvin J. Konner -- 8. Multiple caregiving in the Ituri Forest / Edward Z. Tronick, Gilda A. Morelli, Steve Winn -- 9. Fathers and infants among Aka pygmies / Barry S. Hewlett -- 10. Swaddling, cradleboards and the development of children / James S. Chisholm -- 11. Talking and playing with babies : ideologies of child-rearing / Catherine Snow, Akke de Blauw, Ghislaine Van Roosmalen -- 12. Attachment anthropological perspective / Robert A. LeVine, Karin Norman -- 13. An experiment in infant care : children of the kibbutz / Melford E. Spiro with the assistance of Audrey G. Spiro.

pt. III. Early childhood : language acquisition, socialization and enculturation -- Introduction -- 14. The acquisition of communicative style in Japanese / Patricia M. Clancy -- 15. Why African children are so hard to test / Sara Harkness, Charles M. Super -- 16. Autonomy and aggression in the three-year-old : the Utku Eskimo case / Jean L. Briggs -- 17. Narrating transgressions in U.S. and Taiwan / Peggy J. Miller, Todd L. Sandel, Chung-Hui Liang, Heidi Fung -- 18. Child's play in Italian perspective / Rebecca S. New -- 19. Discussione and friendship in Italian peer culture / William A. Corsaro, Thomas A. Rizzo -- pt. IV. Middle and later childhood : work, play, participation, learning -- Introduction -- 20. Age and responsibility / Barbara Rogoff, Martha Julia Sellers, Sergio Pirrotta, Nathan Fox, Sheldon H. White -- 21. Child and sibling caregiving / Thomas S. Weisner, Ronald Gallimore -- 22. Altruistic and egoistic behavior of children in six cultures / John W.M. Whiting, Beatrice Blyth Whiting -- 23. Children's daily lives among the Yucatec Maya / Suzanne Gaskins -- 24. Children's work, play and relationships among the Giriama of Kenya / Martha Wenger.

The authors present a history of cross-cultural approaches to child-development. Recent articles examine diverse contexts of childhood in ecological, semiotic, and sociolinguistic terms. The book serves as an ideal text for anthropology courses focusing on childhood, as well as classes on development psychology.

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