David F. Lancy (Utah State University)

The Anthropology of Childhood

Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on over 100 years of findings from anthropological scholarship, this book paints a nuanced and credible picture of childhood in different cultures, past and present. Now in its third edition, it has been updated with a number of new topics, and includes over 350 new sources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 187mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1274g
• ISBN-13: 9781108931991
• ISBN-10: 1108931995
• Artikelnr.: 62508107

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.