{"product_id":"anthropology-and-child-development-9780631229766","title":"Anthropology and Child Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I recommend this book as a good introduction to the study of child development that draws upon anthropology's unique ability to hone in on both the extraordinary complex phenomenon of individual childhood agency and the social constructions ilia1 lend 1.0 bind and limit our notions of children as social actors.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  “Not unexpectedly, LeVine and New – true scholars – have rendered a reader, a reference, and a stunningly prescient volume that should be savored and studied, not merely read. Of sweeping breadth across time and place and of unparalleled depth regarding the nature of children and childhood, Anthropology and Child Development challenges deeply held conventions while provoking invigorating ways of thinking and acting – an indispensable, intellectual compass for globalists, futurists, and all who care about children.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSharon Lynn Kagan, Columbia University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e“The cutting-edge scholarship presented in this important and timely book richly documents that the nuances of cultural context constitute a fundamental basis for significant variation in the development of diverse children and adolescents.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Lerner, Tufts University\u003c\/i\u003e“This is an artfully organized collection of seminal papers, a collection that pulls together research across stages of childhood; domains (of the development of emotion, thought, and language); theories; methods; and, of course, cultures. The collection also provides a sense of the historical development of the field, as a chronological reading of the papers, from a Boas essay published in 1911 to several papers published in the new millennium, reveals the changing concerns, concepts, and theories that have characterized work on culture and child development over the past 100 years.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph Tobin, Arizona State University\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. LeVine and Rebecca S. New\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Discovering Diversity in Childhood: Early Works 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Plasticity in Child Development 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFranz Boas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Ethnography of Childhood 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Mead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Childhood in the Trobriand Islands, Melanesia 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBronislaw Malinowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Tallensi Childhood in Ghana 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeyer Fortes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Continuities and Discontinuities in Cultural Conditioning 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth Benedict\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Infant Care: Cultural Variation in Parental Goals and Practices 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Comparative Study of Parenting 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. LeVine, Suzanne Dixon, Sarah E. LeVine, Amy Richman, Constance Keefer, P. Herbert Liederman, and T. Berry Brazelton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Infant Care in the Kalahari Desert 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelvin J. Konner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Multiple Caregiving in the Ituri Forest 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Z. Tronick, Gilda A. Morelli, and Steve Winn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Fathers and Infants among Aka Pygmies 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarry S. Hewlett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Swaddling, Cradleboards and the Development of Children 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames S. Chisholm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Talking and Playing with Babies: Ideologies of Child-Rearing 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Snow, Akke De Blauw, and Ghislaine Van Roosmalen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Attachment in Anthropological Perspective 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert A. LeVine and Karin Norman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 An Experiment in Infant Care: Children of the Kibbutz 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelford E. Spiro with the assistance of Audrey G. Spiro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Early Childhood: Language Acquisition, Socialization, and Enculturation 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Acquisition of Communicative Style in Japanese 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia M. Clancy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Why African Children Are So Hard to Test 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara Harkness and Charles M. Super\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Autonomy and Aggression in the Three-Year-Old: The Utku Eskimo Case 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean L. Briggs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Narrating Transgressions in U.S. and Taiwan 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeggy J. Miller, Todd L. Sandel, Chung-Hui Liang, and Heidi Fung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Child’s Play in Italian Perspective 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca S. New\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Discussione and Friendship in Italian Peer Culture 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam A. Corsaro and Thomas A. Rizzo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Middle and Later Childhood: Work, Play, Participation, and Learning 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Age and Responsibility 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Rogoff, Martha Julia Sellers, Sergio Pirrotta, Nathan Fox, and Sheldon H. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Child and Sibling Caregiving 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas S. Weisner and Ronald Gallimore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Altruistic and Egoistic Behavior of Children in Six Cultures 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn W. M. Whiting and Beatrice Blyth Whiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Children’s Daily Lives among the Yucatec Maya 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuzanne Gaskins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Children’s Work, Play, and Relationships among the Giriama of Kenya 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartha Wenger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 309\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403450720599,"sku":"9780631229766","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631229766.jpg?v=1730483509","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/anthropology-and-child-development-9780631229766","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}