David F. Lancy

The Anthropology of Childhood

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Enriched with findings from anthropological scholarship, this book provides a guide to childhood in different cultures, past and present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 586
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1464g
• ISBN-13: 9781108837781
• ISBN-10: 1108837786
• Artikelnr.: 62505560

Autorenporträt

David F. Lancy is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Utah State University. Recent publications include Child Helpers (2020) and Raising Children (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Where do children come from?
2. The value of children
3. To make a child
4. It takes a village
5. Making sense
6. Of marbles and morals
7. The chore curriculum
8. Living in limbo
9. Taming the autonomous learner
10. Elastic childhood
References
Author index
Topic index
Society index.