Raising Children - Surprising Insights From Other Cultures

Informationen zum Autor David F. Lancy is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Utah State University. He is author/editor of several books on childhood and culture, including Cross-Cultural Studies in Cognition and Mathematics (1983), Studying Children and Schools (2001), Playing on the Mother Ground: Cultural Routines for Children's Learning (1996), The Anthropology of Learning in Childhood (2011) and The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings (Cambridge, 2015). Klappentext An intriguing, sometimes shocking, journey across the world to show how children are raised in different cultures. Zusammenfassung Drawing on a lifetime's experience as an anthropologist! David F. Lancy takes us on a journey across the globe to show how children are raised differently in different cultures. Intriguing! and sometimes shocking! his discoveries demonstrate that our ideas about children are recent! untested! and often contrast starkly with those in other parts of the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: leave the kids alone; 2. Culture and infancy; 3. Questions about infant attachment; 4. Children playing and learning; 5. Protection vs suppression; 6. Going to school; 7. The consequences of raising 'unique individuals'; 8. Summary and speculation; 9. The back story; Selected sources.

Product details

• Authors: David F. Lancy, David F. (Utah State University) Lancy, Lancy David F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781108415095
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41509-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology