The anthropology of childhood : cherubs, chattel, changelings / David F. Lancy, Utah State Universit...
The anthropology of childhood : cherubs, chattel, changelings / David F. Lancy, Utah State Universit...
The anthropology of childhood : cherubs, chattel, changelings / David F. Lancy, Utah State University.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Call Numbers
G 2016/2183
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 533 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Where do children come from? -- Valuing children -- To make a child -- It takes a village -- Making sense -- Of marbles and morals -- The chore curriculum -- Living in limbo -- Taming the autonomous learner -- Too little childhood? Too much?
Publication information
Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Edition
Second edition.
Date Published
2015.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"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 ethnogra...
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Full title
The anthropology of childhood : cherubs, chattel, changelings / David F. Lancy, Utah State University.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-515) and indexes.
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G 2016/2183
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74VKzQBgW7yl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzQBgW7yl
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ISBN
9781107072664
MMS ID
991023561129702626
