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A beautifully written ethnography that reveals how villagers in one of the world's most rugged and poverty-stricken regions rear their children to be exceptionally respectful, well-adjusted, and academically talented.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
    • Raising Children in Poverty
    • Village Structure, Living Conditions, and Subsistence Strategies
    • Fieldwork and Research Methods
    • Change: For Better or for Worse
    • Central Ideas of Chapters
  • Chapter 1. From the Womb to the Cradle
    • Pregnancy and Its Prevention
    • Giving Birth
    • Caring for the Newborn
    • Unuchakuy—An Ancient Rite of Baptism
    • When Things Go Wrong at Birth
    • Sick Infants
  • Chapter 2. Early Childhood
    • Learning to Care in a Culture of Respect
    • Enculturation and Socialization
    • Becoming Part of the Adult World
    • Children's Rights and Responsibilities
    • A Typical Day with a Chillihuani Family
    • Disabled Children
    • When Death Comes Too Soon
  • Chapter 3. Children at Play and Work
    • Developing Creativity through Play
    • Games Children Play
    • Children at Work
  • Chapter 4. The Many Faces of Learning
    • Laying the Foundations for Creative and Holistic Thinking
    • Schooling in Chillihuani
    • A New School Curriculum
    • Mathematics—The Favorite Topic of Chillihuani Children
    • Weaving and Mathematics
  • Chapter 5. Rituals and Ceremonies on Top of the World
    • Pukllay—An Ancient Way to Play and Celebrate
    • Suyay Ch'isin—The First Night of Rituals
    • Ch'allaska in Honor of the Family Herds
    • Dancing amid Thunder and Lightning
  • Chapter 6. Adolescence: A Time of Many Challenges
    • Gender Complementarity and Cooperation
    • An Adolescence Free from Stress?
    • Approaching Adult Life
    • Rondas Campesinas: Strengthening Solidarity and Self-Defense
  • Chapter 7. Building a Society of Respect
    • What Makes for a Happy Childhood?
    • Learning the Skills for Life
    • Adolescents' Integration into Adulthood
    • What Does It Take to Build a Society of Respect?
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/03/2006
      ISBN13: 9780292712980, 978-0292712980
      ISBN10: 0292712987
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      Age groups: children

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A beautifully written ethnography that reveals how villagers in one of the world's most rugged and poverty-stricken regions rear their children to be exceptionally respectful, well-adjusted, and academically talented.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
        • Raising Children in Poverty
        • Village Structure, Living Conditions, and Subsistence Strategies
        • Fieldwork and Research Methods
        • Change: For Better or for Worse
        • Central Ideas of Chapters
      • Chapter 1. From the Womb to the Cradle
        • Pregnancy and Its Prevention
        • Giving Birth
        • Caring for the Newborn
        • Unuchakuy—An Ancient Rite of Baptism
        • When Things Go Wrong at Birth
        • Sick Infants
      • Chapter 2. Early Childhood
        • Learning to Care in a Culture of Respect
        • Enculturation and Socialization
        • Becoming Part of the Adult World
        • Children's Rights and Responsibilities
        • A Typical Day with a Chillihuani Family
        • Disabled Children
        • When Death Comes Too Soon
      • Chapter 3. Children at Play and Work
        • Developing Creativity through Play
        • Games Children Play
        • Children at Work
      • Chapter 4. The Many Faces of Learning
        • Laying the Foundations for Creative and Holistic Thinking
        • Schooling in Chillihuani
        • A New School Curriculum
        • Mathematics—The Favorite Topic of Chillihuani Children
        • Weaving and Mathematics
      • Chapter 5. Rituals and Ceremonies on Top of the World
        • Pukllay—An Ancient Way to Play and Celebrate
        • Suyay Ch'isin—The First Night of Rituals
        • Ch'allaska in Honor of the Family Herds
        • Dancing amid Thunder and Lightning
      • Chapter 6. Adolescence: A Time of Many Challenges
        • Gender Complementarity and Cooperation
        • An Adolescence Free from Stress?
        • Approaching Adult Life
        • Rondas Campesinas: Strengthening Solidarity and Self-Defense
      • Chapter 7. Building a Society of Respect
        • What Makes for a Happy Childhood?
        • Learning the Skills for Life
        • Adolescents' Integration into Adulthood
        • What Does It Take to Build a Society of Respect?
      • Notes
      • Glossary
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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