Child Care and Culture - Lessons From Africa

List of contents

Foreword; List of tables and figures; Preface; Part I. African Infancy: Frameworks For Understanding: 1. The comparative study of child care; 2. Infant care in subsaharan Africa; Part II. Parenthood Among The Gusii of Kenya: 3. Gusii culture: A person-centered perspective; 4. Gusii fertility, marriage, and family; 5. Pregnancy and birth: Part III. Infant Care and Development in a Gusii Community: 6. Infant care: Cultural norms and interpersonal environment; 7. Survival and health: The priorities of parents; 8. Communication and social learning during infancy; 9. Variations in infant interaction: Illustrative cases: Part IV. Interpretations: 10. Early child development in an African context: Comparative lessons; Appendices; References.

Summary

Examines parenthood and infant care among the Gussi people of Kenya, raising provocative questions about 'normal' child care. Comparing the Gusii with the American white middle class, the authors show how divergent cultural priorities create differing conditions for early childhood development.

Product details

• Authors: T. Berry Brazelton, Suzanne Dixon, Constance Keefer, Robert A. Levine, Robert A. Levine Levine, Sarah LeVine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.1996
• EAN: 9780521575461
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57546-1
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology