Anthropology and child development : a cross-cultural reader /
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| Imprint: | Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008. |
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| Description: | x, 324 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Blackwell anthologies in social and cultural anthropology ; 11 |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6669371 |
| 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.<br> Presents a history of cross-cultural approaches to child-development<br> Recent articles examine diverse contexts of childhood in ecological, semiotic, and sociolinguistic terms<br> Includes ethnographic studies of childhood in the Pacific, Africa, Latin America, East Asia, Europe and North America<br> Illuminates the process through which people become the bearers of culturally/historically specific identities<br> Serves as an ideal text for anthropology courses focusing on childhood, as well as classes on development psychology |
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| Physical Description: | x, 324 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780631229759 0631229752 9780631229766 0631229760 |
