Anthropology of Childhood Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings

Name: Anthropology of Childhood Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings
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ISBN: 9781107420984

ISBN-10: 1107420989

ISBN-13: 9781107420984

Edition: 2nd 2014 (Revised)

Authors: David F. Lancy

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How are children raised in different cultures? What is the role of children in society? How are families and communities structured around them? Now available in a revised edition, this book sets out to answer these questions, and argues that our common understandings about children are narrowly culture-bound. Enriched with anecdotes from ethnography and the daily media, the book examines family structure, reproduction, profiles of children's caretakers within family or community, their treatment at different ages, their play, work, schooling, and transition to adulthood. The result is a nuanced and credible picture of childhood in different cultures, past and present. Organised…

Book details

List price: $45.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/18/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 547
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English