Anthropology and Child Development
A Cross-Cultural Reader
Levine, Robert A. (EDT)
New, Rebecca S. (EDT)
Hardcover
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
This unprecedented collection of articles is an introduction to the study of cultural variations in childhood across the world and to the theoretical frameworks for investigating and interpreting them.
Presents a history of cross-cultural approaches to child-development
Recent articles examine diverse contexts of childhood in ecological, semiotic, and sociolinguistic terms
Includes ethnographic studies of childhood in the Pacific, Africa, Latin America, East Asia, Europe and North America
Illuminates the process through which people become the bearers of culturally/historically specific identities
Serves as an ideal text for anthropology courses focusing on childhood, as well as classes on development psychology
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0631229752
Dewey Decimal: 303.3/2
Library of Congress: 2007016797
Book Publisher: Blackwell Pub
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 324
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