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ANTHROPOLOGY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT: A CROSS-CULTURAL READER (BLACKWELL ANTHOLOGIES IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY)
ISBN: 0631229760
ISBN 13: 9780631229766
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Edition: 1 st
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: Feb 15, 2008
Pages: 336
CollegeBookRenter.com does not guarantee that supplemental materials such as CDs and online access codes will be available with this book.
ISBN 13: 9780631229766
Author:
Edition: 1 st
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: Feb 15, 2008
Pages: 336
CollegeBookRenter.com does not guarantee that supplemental materials such as CDs and online access codes will be available with this book.
Book Summary
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.
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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